edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.lbjava.learn

Interface TestingMetric

All Known Implementing Classes:

Accuracy

public interface TestingMetric

TestingMetric is an interface through which the user may implement their own testing method for use by LBJava's internal cross validation algorithm.

Author:

Dan Muriello

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the name of the testing metric.
double	test(Classifier classifier, Classifier oracle, Parser parser) Evaluates a classifier against an oracle on the data provided by a parser.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the testing metric.

test

double test(Classifier classifier,
            Classifier oracle,
            Parser parser)

Evaluates a classifier against an oracle on the data provided by a parser.

Parameters:

classifier - The classifier whose accuracy is being measured.

oracle - A classifier that returns the label of each example.

parser - A parser to supply the example objects.

Returns:

A value assessing the performance of the classifier.