PredictionModel.java

package org.streaminer.stream.model;

/**
 * <p>
 * An output extension to the model interface which returns
 * a prediction for a given input. E.g. for clustering, regression, 
 * classification etcpp.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author beckers, homburg, mueller, schulte, skirzynski 
 *
 */
public interface PredictionModel<T, R> extends Model {
	
    /**
     * <p>
     * This method returns a prediction for the given input.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param item to predict for
     * @return	a prediction for the given item
     */
    public R predict(T item);	
}