Package edu.cmu.tetrad.algcomparison.independence

Class MSeparationTest

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.algcomparison.independence.MSeparationTest

All Implemented Interfaces:

IndependenceWrapper, HasParameters, TetradSerializable, Serializable

@TestOfIndependence(name="M-Separation Test",
                    command="m-sep-test",
                    dataType=Graph)
public class MSeparationTest
extends Object
implements IndependenceWrapper

Wrapper for M-separation test. Requires a true DAG as input.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

josephramsey

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MSeparationTest()	Use this empty constructor to satisfy the java reflection
MSeparationTest(Graph graph)	Constructor for MSeparationTest.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DataType	getDataType()	Returns the data type that the search requires, whether continuous, discrete, or mixed.
String	getDescription()	Returns a short of this independence test.
List<String>	getParameters()	Returns the parameters that this search uses.
IndependenceTest	getTest(DataModel dataSet, Parameters parameters)	Returns true iff x and y are independent conditional on z for the given data set.
void	setGraph(Graph graph)	Setter for the field graph.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MSeparationTest

public MSeparationTest()

Use this empty constructor to satisfy the java reflection

MSeparationTest

public MSeparationTest(Graph graph)

Constructor for MSeparationTest.

Parameters:

graph - a Graph object

Method Details

getTest

public IndependenceTest getTest(DataModel dataSet,
 Parameters parameters)

Returns true iff x and y are independent conditional on z for the given data set.

Specified by:

getTest in interface IndependenceWrapper

Parameters:

dataSet - The data set to test independence against.

parameters - The paramters of the test.

Returns:

True iff independence holds.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a short of this independence test.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

This description.

getDataType

public DataType getDataType()

Returns the data type that the search requires, whether continuous, discrete, or mixed.

Specified by:

getDataType in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

This type.

getParameters

public List<String> getParameters()

Returns the parameters that this search uses.

Specified by:

getParameters in interface HasParameters

Specified by:

getParameters in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

A list of String names of parameters.

setGraph

public void setGraph(Graph graph)

Setter for the field graph.

Parameters:

graph - a Graph object