/** Analogous to binaryFeatureSet */
 private Set<Feature> numericFeatureSet(int start, int end, Instance otherInstance) {
   Set<Feature> s = new HashSet<Feature>();
   for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
     addAll(s, unitInstance[i].numericFeatureIterator());
   }
   if (otherInstance != null) addAll(s, otherInstance.numericFeatureIterator());
   return s;
 }