source: branches/LearningClassifierSystems/HeuristicLab.Encodings.DecisionList/3.3/Variable/IVariable.cs @ 16310

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators.LCS;

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.DecisionList {
  public interface IVariable : IItem {
    double Length { get; }
    string VariableName { get; }
    Type VariableType { get; }

    void Randomize(IRandom random, double onePercentage, IEnumerable<IDiscretizer> descretizers);

    double ComputeTheoryLength();

    bool Match(string input);

    void Mutate(IRandom random);

    void Merge(IRandom Random);

    void Reinitialize(IRandom Random, double onePercentage, IEnumerable<IDiscretizer> descretizers);

    void Split(IRandom Random);

    void SetToMatch(string variableValue);
  }
}