org.openimaj.experiment.evaluation

Interface Evaluator<T,Q extends AnalysisResult>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of raw result produced by Evaluator

Q - Type of analysed result produced by Evaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassificationEvaluator, ClusterEvaluator, RangedDBSCANClusterEvaluator, RetrievalEvaluator

public interface Evaluator<T,Q extends AnalysisResult>

Evaluators are used to perform evaluations. Evaluations consist of two steps:

• Running, or, evaluating the system and collecting the raw results.
• Analysing the raw results

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Q	analyse(T rawData) Analyse the raw data produced by a call to evaluate() and return the analysed data.
T	evaluate() Run, or evaluate the system, returning the raw data.

Method Detail

evaluate

T evaluate()

Run, or evaluate the system, returning the raw data.

Returns:

the raw data

analyse

Q analyse(T rawData)

Analyse the raw data produced by a call to evaluate() and return the analysed data.

Parameters:

rawData - the raw data.

Returns:

the analysed data