source: trunk/yat/regression/NaiveWeighted.h @ 703

#ifndef _theplu_yat_regression_naiveweighted_
#define _theplu_yat_regression_naiveweighted_

// $Id: NaiveWeighted.h 703 2006-12-18 00:47:44Z jari $

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*/

#include "OneDimensionalWeighted.h"

#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
#include <utility>

namespace theplu {
namespace yat {
  namespace utility {
    class vector;
  }
namespace regression {

  ///
  /// @brief naive fitting.
  ///
  /// @todo document
  ///
  class NaiveWeighted : public OneDimensionalWeighted 
  {
  
  public:
    ///
    /// @brief The default constructor
    ///
    NaiveWeighted(void);

    ///
    /// @brief The destructor
    ///
    virtual ~NaiveWeighted(void);
         
    /**
       This function computes the best-fit for the naive model \f$ y
       = m \f$ from vectors \a x and \a y, by minimizing \f$ \sum
       w_i(y_i-m)^2 \f$. The weight \f$ w_i \f$ is proportional to
       the inverse of the variance for \f$ y_i \f$
    */
    void fit(const utility::vector& x,
             const utility::vector& y,
             const utility::vector& w);

    ///
    /// Function predicting value using the naive model, i.e. a
    /// weighted average. 
    ///
    inline double predict(const double x) const 
    { return ap_.y_averager().mean(); }

    ///
    /// @brief For a naive model mse is identical to standard deviation
    /// 
    /// @see AveragerWeighted
    ///
    inline double mse(void) const { return ap_.y_averager().std(); }

    ///
    /// @return estimation of error of model value in @a x
    ///
    inline double standard_error(const double x) const
    { return ap_.y_averager().standard_error(); }

  private:
    ///
    /// Copy Constructor. (not implemented)
    ///
    NaiveWeighted(const NaiveWeighted&);

  };

}}} // of namespaces regression, yat, and theplu

#endif