org.biojava.bio.dp

Interface StoppingCriteria

public interface StoppingCriteria

A callback that is invoked during the training of an HMM.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isTrainingComplete(TrainingAlgorithm ta) Decide if the training has completed.

Method Detail

isTrainingComplete

boolean isTrainingComplete(TrainingAlgorithm ta)

Decide if the training has completed. This can be on the basis of the scores published by ta. Or, it could be set to expire at a given cycle, or due to user intervention. It is perfectly acceptable for this method to have side effects such as logging.

Parameters:

ta - the TrainingAlgorithm instance to check

Returns:

true if the training is complete, false if it should be continued