edu.umass.cs.mallet.base.types

Class Multinomial.MEstimator

java.lang.Object

edu.umass.cs.mallet.base.types.Multinomial.Estimator

edu.umass.cs.mallet.base.types.Multinomial.MEstimator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Multinomial.LaplaceEstimator, Multinomial.MLEstimator

Enclosing class:

Multinomial

public static class Multinomial.MEstimator
extends Multinomial.Estimator

An Estimator in which probability estimates in a Multinomial are generated by adding a constant m (specified at construction time) to each count before dividing by the total of the m-biased counts.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MEstimator(Alphabet dictionary, double m)
MEstimator(double m)
MEstimator(int size, double m)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Multinomial	estimate()

Methods inherited from class edu.umass.cs.mallet.base.types.Multinomial.Estimator

clone, ensureCapacity, getCount, increment, increment, increment, increment, increment, increment, print, reset, setAlphabet, size

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MEstimator

public MEstimator(Alphabet dictionary,
                  double m)

MEstimator

public MEstimator(int size,
                  double m)

MEstimator

public MEstimator(double m)

Method Detail

estimate

public Multinomial estimate()

Specified by:

estimate in class Multinomial.Estimator