Clusterer (Mallet 2 API)

java.lang.Object
- cc.mallet.cluster.Clusterer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

KBestClusterer, KMeans
```
public abstract class Clusterer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
An abstract class for clustering a set of points.

Author:

Jerod Weinman weinman@cs.umass.edu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Clusterer(Pipe instancePipe)
Creates a new Clusterer instance.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Clustering`	`cluster(InstanceList trainingSet)`	Return a clustering of an InstanceList
`Pipe`	`getPipe()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Clusterer
```
public Clusterer(Pipe instancePipe)
```
    Creates a new Clusterer instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    instancePipe - Pipe that created the InstanceList to be clustered.
- Method Detail
  - cluster
```
public abstract Clustering cluster(InstanceList trainingSet)
```
    Return a clustering of an InstanceList
  - getPipe
```
public Pipe getPipe()
```