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021
022
023package org.biojava.stats.svm;
024
025import java.io.Serializable;
026
027/**
028 * Classic linear kernel. It actualy just delegates to SparseVector.kernel.
029 *
030 * @deprecated Just use SparseVector.kernel instead...
031 * @author Matthew Pocock
032 */
033public class LinearKernel implements SVMKernel, Serializable {
034    /**
035     * The linear kernel is equal to the dot product of a and b.
036     */
037    public double evaluate(Object a, Object b) {
038      return SparseVector.kernel.evaluate(a, b);
039    }
040}