source: trunk/autoquest-core-usageprofiles/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/usageprofiles/HighOrderMarkovModel.java @ 927

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usageprofiles;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.Event;

/**
 * <p>
 * Implements high-order Markov models.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class HighOrderMarkovModel extends TrieBasedModel {

    /**
     * <p>
     * Id for object serialization.
     * </p>
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * <p>
     * Constructor. Creates a new HighOrderMarkovModel with a defined Markov order.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param maxOrder
     *            Markov order of the model
     * @param r
     *            random number generator used by probabilistic methods of the class
     */
    public HighOrderMarkovModel(int maxOrder, Random r) {
        super(maxOrder, r);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Calculates the probability of the next Event being symbol based on the order of the Markov
     * model. The order is defined in the constructor {@link #HighOrderMarkovModel(int, Random)}.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usageprofiles.IStochasticProcess#getProbability(java.util.List,
     *      de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.Event)
     */
    @Override
    public double getProbability(List<Event> context, Event symbol) {
        if (context == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("context must not be null");
        }
        if (symbol == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("symbol must not be null");
        }
        double result = 0.0d;

        List<Event> contextCopy;
        if (context.size() >= trieOrder) {
            contextCopy =
                new LinkedList<Event>(context.subList(context.size() - trieOrder + 1,
                                                      context.size()));
        }
        else {
            contextCopy = new LinkedList<Event>(context);
        }

        Collection<Event> followers = trie.getFollowingSymbols(contextCopy);
        int sumCountFollowers = 0; // N(s\sigma')
        for (Event follower : followers) {
            sumCountFollowers += trie.getCount(contextCopy, follower);
        }

        int countSymbol = trie.getCount(contextCopy, symbol);
        if (sumCountFollowers != 0) {
            result = ((double) countSymbol / sumCountFollowers);
        }

        return result;
    }

}