com.aliasi.cluster
Class LeafDendrogram<E>

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.cluster.Dendrogram<E>
      com.aliasi.cluster.LeafDendrogram<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Scored

public class LeafDendrogram<E>
extends Dendrogram<E>

A LeafDendrogram represents a dendrogram consisting of a single object with link cost of 0.0.

Since:

LingPipe2.0

Version:

3.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.aliasi.util.Scored

REVERSE_SCORE_COMPARATOR, SCORE_COMPARATOR

Constructor Summary

LeafDendrogram(E object)
Construct a leaf dendrogram containing the specified object.

Method Summary

Set<E>	memberSet() Returns the singleton member of this dendrogram.
E	object() Return the single object underlying this leaf dendrogram.
double	score() Returns 0.0, the cost of a leaf dendrogram.
int	size() Returns 1, the size of a leaf dendrogram.

Methods inherited from class com.aliasi.cluster.Dendrogram

contains, copheneticCorrelation, dereference, parent, partitionDistance, partitionK, prettyPrint, toString, withinClusterScatter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LeafDendrogram

public LeafDendrogram(E object)

Construct a leaf dendrogram containing the specified object.

Parameters:

object - Object contained in the constructed dendrogram.

Method Detail

score

public double score()

Returns 0.0, the cost of a leaf dendrogram.

Specified by:

score in interface Scored

Specified by:

score in class Dendrogram<E>

Returns:

0.0.

object

public E object()

Return the single object underlying this leaf dendrogram.

Returns:

The object underlying this leaf dendrogram.

size

public int size()

Returns 1, the size of a leaf dendrogram.

Overrides:

size in class Dendrogram<E>

Returns:

1.

memberSet

public Set<E> memberSet()

Returns the singleton member of this dendrogram.

Specified by:

memberSet in class Dendrogram<E>

Returns:

The singleton member of this dendrogram.