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  /*
   *    IntervalEstimator.java
   *    Copyright (C) 2005 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   *
   */
  
  package weka.classifiers;
  
  import weka.core.Instance;
  
  /**
   * Interface for numeric prediction schemes that can output prediction
   * intervals.
   *
   * @author Kurt Driessens (kurtd@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
   * @version $Revision: 6041 $
   */
  public interface IntervalEstimator {
  
    /**
     * Returns an N * 2 array, where N is the number of prediction
     * intervals. In each row, the first element contains the lower
     * boundary of the corresponding prediction interval and the second
     * element the upper boundary.
     *
     * @param inst the instance to make the prediction for.
     * @param confidenceLevel the percentage of cases that the interval should cover.
     * @return an array of prediction intervals
     * @exception Exception if the intervals can't be computed
     */
    double[][] predictIntervals(Instance inst, double confidenceLevel) throws Exception;
  }
  
  