MkAppEntry (ELKI: Environment for DeveLoping KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Externalizable, MTreeEntry, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MkAppDirectoryEntry, MkAppLeafEntry
```
public interface MkAppEntry
extends MTreeEntry
```
Defines the requirements for an entry in an MkCop-Tree node. Additionally to an entry in an M-Tree conservative approximation of the knn distances is provided.

Since:

0.1

Author:

Elke Achtert

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`approximatedValueAt(int k)`	Returns the approximated value at the specified k.
`PolynomialApproximation`	`getKnnDistanceApproximation()`	Returns the polynomial approximation.
`void`	`setKnnDistanceApproximation(PolynomialApproximation approximation)`	Sets the polynomial approximation.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable
readExternal, writeExternal

Methods inherited from interface elki.index.tree.metrical.mtreevariants.MTreeEntry
getCoveringRadius, getParentDistance, getRoutingObjectID, setCoveringRadius, setParentDistance, setRoutingObjectID

- Method Detail
  - approximatedValueAt
```
double approximatedValueAt(int k)
```
    Returns the approximated value at the specified k.
    
    Parameters:
    
    k - the parameter k of the knn distance
    
    Returns:
    
    the approximated value at the specified k
  - getKnnDistanceApproximation
```
PolynomialApproximation getKnnDistanceApproximation()
```
    Returns the polynomial approximation.
    
    Returns:
    
    the polynomial approximation
  - setKnnDistanceApproximation
```
void setKnnDistanceApproximation(PolynomialApproximation approximation)
```
    Sets the polynomial approximation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    approximation - the polynomial approximation to be set