org.openimaj.text.nlp.language

Class MarkovChainLanguageModel

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.text.nlp.language.MarkovChainLanguageModel

public class MarkovChainLanguageModel
extends Object

Code to train, classify and generate language specific text by building a first order Markov chain.

Author:

Sina Samangooei (ss@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MarkovChainLanguageModel() Generate a new empty markov chain language model

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	generate(Locale language, int length, String encoding) Generate a string using this model of the desired length
void	train(Locale language, InputStream stream) Train a given language on a stream of text
void	train(Locale language, String example, String encoding) Add an example to a language's markov chain

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MarkovChainLanguageModel

public MarkovChainLanguageModel()

Generate a new empty markov chain language model

Method Detail

train

public void train(Locale language,
                  String example,
                  String encoding)
           throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Add an example to a language's markov chain

Parameters:

language - the language the example is being added to

example - the new example to learn from

encoding - the encoding of the example

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException

train

public void train(Locale language,
                  InputStream stream)
           throws IOException

Train a given language on a stream of text

Parameters:

language -

stream -

Throws:

IOException

generate

public String generate(Locale language,
                       int length,
                       String encoding)
                throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Generate a string using this model of the desired length

Parameters:

language -

length -

encoding -

Returns:

the generated string

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException