source: stable/HeuristicLab.DataPreprocessing/3.4/Interfaces/ISearchLogic.cs @ 12448

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#endregion

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace HeuristicLab.DataPreprocessing {
  public interface ISearchLogic {

    int Rows { get; }
    int Columns { get; }
    IEnumerable<string> VariableNames { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Return the indices of the missing values where the key 
    /// correspdonds to the columbn index and the values to the row indices
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    IDictionary<int, IList<int>> GetMissingValueIndices();

    /// <summary>
    /// Return the row indices of the cells which contain a missing value
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    IList<int> GetMissingValueIndices(int columnIndex);

    bool IsMissingValue(int columnIndex, int rowIndex);

    IEnumerable<T> GetValuesWithoutNaN<T>(int columnIndex, bool considerSelection = false);
  }
}