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jCOLIBRI is a java framework for the development of Case-Based Reasoning systems.
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package es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.method.revise.classification;


import es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.cbrcore.CBRCase;
import es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.cbrcore.CBRCaseBase;
import es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.cbrcore.CBRQuery;
import es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.extensions.classification.ClassificationSolution;
import es.ucm.fdi.gaia.jcolibri.method.reuse.classification.KNNClassificationConfig;

/**
 * Interface that defines functions to decide if a query has been correctly classified
 * or not and to assign a cost to incorrectly classified queries.
 * 
 * @author Derek Bridge
 * @author Lisa Cummins
 * 16/05/07
 */
public interface ClassificationOracle {
    
    /**
     * Checks if the predicted solution is the correct solution
     * for the given test case.
     * @param predictedSolution the predicted solution.
     * @param testCase the test case (query and correct solution).
     * @return true if the predicted solution is the correct solution
     * for the given test case, false if not. 
     */
    public boolean isCorrectPrediction(ClassificationSolution predictedSolution, CBRCase testCase);
    
    /**
     * Checks if the predicted solution and the correct solution
     * are the same.
     * @param predictedSolution the predicted solution.
     * @param correctSolution the correct solution.
     * @return true if the predicted solution and the correct 
     * solution are the same, false if not. 
     */
    public boolean isCorrectPrediction(ClassificationSolution predictedSolution, ClassificationSolution correctSolution);
    
    /**
     * Checks if the query is correctly classified by the given case-base and 
     * similarity configuration.
     * @param query the query to be tested.
     * @param caseBase the case base to use to find the predicted solution.
     * @param knnConfig the similarity configuration.
     * @return true if the query is correctly classified by the given case-base and 
     * similarity configuration, fasle otherwise.
     */
    public boolean isCorrectPrediction(CBRQuery query, CBRCaseBase caseBase, KNNClassificationConfig knnConfig);
    
    /**
	 * Calculates the cost of the given solution as a prediction for the 
	 * solution of the given case.
     * @param predictedSolution the predicted solution.
     * @param testCase the test case (query and correct solution).
     * @return the cost of the prediction made.
     */
    public double getPredictionCost(ClassificationSolution predictedSolution, CBRCase testCase);
   
    /**
	 * Calculates the cost of the given test solution while bein compared
	 * to the given correct solution.
     * @param predictedSolution the predicted solution.
     * @param correctSolution the correct solution.
     * @return the cost of the prediction made.
     */
    public double getPredictionCost(ClassificationSolution predictedSolution, ClassificationSolution correctSolution);
    
    /**
     * Calculates the cost of the prediction made by the given case-base and
     * similarity configuration for the solution of the query.
     * @param query the query to be tested.
     * @param caseBase the case base to use to find the predicted solution.
     * @param knnConfig the similarity configuration.
     * @return the cost of the prediction made.
     */
    public double getPredictionCost(CBRQuery query, CBRCaseBase caseBase, KNNClassificationConfig knnConfig);
}