SplitCandidate (weka-dev 3.9.7 API)

java.lang.Object
- weka.classifiers.trees.ht.SplitCandidate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<SplitCandidate>
```
public class SplitCandidate
extends Object
implements Comparable<SplitCandidate>
```
Encapsulates a candidate split

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz), Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`List<Map<String,WeightMass>>`	`m_postSplitClassDistributions`	list of class distributions resulting from a split - 2 entries in the outer list for numeric splits and n for nominal splits
`double`	`m_splitMerit`	The merit of the split
`Split`	`m_splitTest`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

SplitCandidate(Split splitTest, List<Map<String,WeightMass>> postSplitDists, double merit)
Constructor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

int compareTo(SplitCandidate comp)

int numSplits()
Number of branches resulting from the split
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - m_splitTest
```
public Split m_splitTest
```
  - m_postSplitClassDistributions
```
public List<Map<String,WeightMass>> m_postSplitClassDistributions
```
    list of class distributions resulting from a split - 2 entries in the outer list for numeric splits and n for nominal splits
  - m_splitMerit
```
public double m_splitMerit
```
    The merit of the split
- Constructor Detail
  - SplitCandidate
```
public SplitCandidate(Split splitTest,
                      List<Map<String,WeightMass>> postSplitDists,
                      double merit)
```
    Constructor
    
    Parameters:
    
    splitTest - the splitting test
    
    postSplitDists - the distributions resulting from the split
    
    merit - the merit of the split
- Method Detail
  - numSplits
```
public int numSplits()
```
    Number of branches resulting from the split
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of subsets of instances resulting from the split
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(SplitCandidate comp)
```
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<SplitCandidate>