com.bayesserver.analysis

Class ValueOfInformationTestOutput

java.lang.Object

com.bayesserver.analysis.ValueOfInformationTestOutput

public final class ValueOfInformationTestOutput
extends Object

Contains information about a variable tested via ValueOfInformation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Double	getHypothesisImprovement() Gets the improvement between the hypothesis statistic when we do not have knowledge about this test variable and when we do.
Double	getHypothesisStatistic() Gets the statistic for the hypothesis given knowledge on this test variable.
ValueOfInformationKind	getKind() Gets the type of Value of information statistic calculated.
VariableContext	getVariable() Gets the variable that was tested.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getVariable

public VariableContext getVariable()

Gets the variable that was tested.

Returns:

The variable.

getKind

public ValueOfInformationKind getKind()

Gets the type of Value of information statistic calculated.

getHypothesisStatistic

public Double getHypothesisStatistic()

Gets the statistic for the hypothesis given knowledge on this test variable. When com.bayesserver.analysis.valueofinformationtestoutput.Kind is MutualInformation, the statistic is MutualInformation, and when it is MEU, this statistic is the Maximum expected utility of the hypothesis decision.

getHypothesisImprovement

public Double getHypothesisImprovement()

Gets the improvement between the hypothesis statistic when we do not have knowledge about this test variable and when we do. This is only reported for changes in discrete mutual information and maximum expected utility.