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030package org.openimaj.ml.timeseries;
031
032
033/**
034 * An object which defines a set of arithmatic operations of the represented time series
035 * @author Sina Samangooei (ss@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
036 *
037 * @param <DATA>
038 * @param <TS>
039 */
040public interface TimeSeriesArithmaticOperator<DATA, TS extends TimeSeries<?,DATA,TS>> {
041        
042        /**
043         * @return a 0 data for this time series
044         */
045        public DATA zero();
046        
047        /**
048         * add together all time series data elements
049         * @return Addition of all time series
050         */
051        public DATA sum();
052        
053        
054}