Package edu.cmu.tetrad.search

Class CompositeIndependenceTest

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.search.CompositeIndependenceTest

All Implemented Interfaces:

IndependenceTest

public class CompositeIndependenceTest
extends Object
implements IndependenceTest

CompositeIndependenceTest class.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

josephramsey

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CompositeIndependenceTest(IndependenceTest[] independenceTests)	Constructor for CompositeIndependenceTest.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IndependenceResult	checkIndependence(Node x, Node y, Set<Node> z)	Checks the independence between two variables x and y given a conditioning set z.
DataModel	getData()	Retrieves the data model associated with this test.
List<Node>	getVariables()	Retrieves the list of variables associated with this independence test.
boolean	isVerbose()	Returns true if the test prints verbose output.
void	setVerbose(boolean verbose)	Sets whether this test will print verbose output.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface edu.cmu.tetrad.search.IndependenceTest

checkIndependence, determines, getAlpha, getCov, getDataSets, getSampleSize, getVariable, getVariableNames, indTestSubset, setAlpha, toString

Constructor Details

CompositeIndependenceTest

public CompositeIndependenceTest(IndependenceTest[] independenceTests)

Constructor for CompositeIndependenceTest.

Parameters:

independenceTests - an array of IndependenceTest objects

Method Details

checkIndependence

public IndependenceResult checkIndependence(Node x,
 Node y,
 Set<Node> z)

Checks the independence between two variables x and y given a conditioning set z.

Specified by:

checkIndependence in interface IndependenceTest

Parameters:

x - The first variable to test, represented as a Node object.

y - The second variable to test, represented as a Node object.

z - The set of conditioning variables, represented as a Set of Node objects.

Returns:

An IndependenceResult object representing the outcome of the independence test.

getVariables

public List<Node> getVariables()

Retrieves the list of variables associated with this independence test.

Specified by:

getVariables in interface IndependenceTest

Returns:

A list of Node objects representing the variables.

getData

public DataModel getData()

Retrieves the data model associated with this test.

Specified by:

getData in interface IndependenceTest

Returns:

A DataModel object representing the data model.

isVerbose

public boolean isVerbose()

Returns true if the test prints verbose output.

Specified by:

isVerbose in interface IndependenceTest

Returns:

True if the case.

setVerbose

public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)

Sets whether this test will print verbose output.

Specified by:

setVerbose in interface IndependenceTest

Parameters:

verbose - True, if so.