com.aliasi.lm
Interface IntSeqCounter

All Known Implementing Classes:

TrieIntSeqCounter

public interface IntSeqCounter

An IntSeqCounter provides counts for sequences of integers. This interface parallels CharSeqCounter.

The method count(int[],int,int) returns the basic count for the specified integer sequence. The method extensionCount(int[],int,int) is the sum of the counts for all single integer extensions of the specified integer sequence. As described in the class documentation for CharSeqCounter, these two methods are enough to compute a maximum likelihood estimator of conditional integer likelihoods.

The method numExtensions(int[],int,int) returns the number of single integer extensions of the specified integer slice. This is useful for computing interpolated estimates with Witten-Bell smoothing.

Since:

LingPipe2.0

Version:

2.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Method Summary

int	count(int[] is, int start, int end) Returns the count of the specified sequence of integers.
long	extensionCount(int[] is, int start, int end) Returns the sum of the count of all sequences that extend the specified sequence by one integer.
int[]	integersFollowing(int[] is, int start, int end) Returns an array of the integers that follow the specified integer array slice.
int	numExtensions(int[] is, int start, int end) Returns the number of one integer extensions of the specified with non-zero counts.
int[]	observedIntegers() Returns an array of all integers that have non-zero counts in the model.

Method Detail

count

int count(int[] is,
          int start,
          int end)

Returns the count of the specified sequence of integers.

Parameters:

is - Underlying array of integers.

start - Index of first integer in the slice.

end - Index of one past the last integer in the slice.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the start and end minus one indices do not fall within the range of the integer array.

extensionCount

long extensionCount(int[] is,
                    int start,
                    int end)

Returns the sum of the count of all sequences that extend the specified sequence by one integer.

Parameters:

is - Underlying array of integers.

start - Index of first integer in the slice.

end - Index of one past the last integer in the slice.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the start and end minus one indices do not fall within the range of the integer array.

numExtensions

int numExtensions(int[] is,
                  int start,
                  int end)

Returns the number of one integer extensions of the specified with non-zero counts.

Parameters:

is - Underlying array of integers.

start - Index of first integer in the slice.

end - Index of one past the last integer in the slice.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the start and end minus one indices do not fall within the range of the integer array.

integersFollowing

int[] integersFollowing(int[] is,
                        int start,
                        int end)

Returns an array of the integers that follow the specified integer array slice.

Parameters:

is - Underlying array of integers.

start - Index of first integer in the slice.

end - Index of one past the last integer in the slice.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the start and end minus one indices do not fall within the range of the integer array.

observedIntegers

int[] observedIntegers()

Returns an array of all integers that have non-zero counts in the model.

Returns:

Integers with non-zero counts in the model.