/**
* Returns if the classifier of the class subsumes the classifier passed as a parameter.
*
* @param cl is the subsumed classifier.
* @return a boolean indicating if it subsumes
*/
public boolean doesSubsume(Classifier cl) {
if (rep.getAction() != cl.rep.getAction()) return false;
if (parameters.couldSubsume()) {
if (rep.isMoreGeneral(cl.rep)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
} // end doesSubsume
/**
* Returns if the classifier of the class subsumes the classifier passed as a parameter.
*
* @param cl is the subsumed classifier.
* @return a boolean indicating if it subsumes
*/
public boolean doesSubsume(Classifier cl) {
int i;
// First, check if the condition is the same
if (action != cl.getAction()) return false;
// Then, check that is more general
if (parameters.couldSubsume()) {
for (i = 0; i < rep.length; i++) {
if (!rep[i].isMoreGeneral(cl.rep[i])) return false;
}
return true;
}
return false;
} // end doesSubsume
/**
* Returns if the classifier can subsume. The classifier has to be sufficiently accurate and
* sufficiently experienced to subsume another classifier.
*
* @return a boolean indicating if the classifier can subsume.
*/
public boolean couldSubsume() {
return parameters.couldSubsume();
} // end couldSubsume