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21 <FONT color="green">018</FONT> package org.apache.commons.math.stat.ranking;<a name="line.18"></a>
22 <FONT color="green">019</FONT> <a name="line.19"></a>
23 <FONT color="green">020</FONT> /**<a name="line.20"></a>
24 <FONT color="green">021</FONT> * Interface representing a rank transformation.<a name="line.21"></a>
25 <FONT color="green">022</FONT> *<a name="line.22"></a>
26 <FONT color="green">023</FONT> * @since 2.0<a name="line.23"></a>
27 <FONT color="green">024</FONT> * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 13:36:48 -0400 (Sat, 05 Sep 2009) $<a name="line.24"></a>
28 <FONT color="green">025</FONT> */<a name="line.25"></a>
29 <FONT color="green">026</FONT> public interface RankingAlgorithm {<a name="line.26"></a>
30 <FONT color="green">027</FONT> /**<a name="line.27"></a>
31 <FONT color="green">028</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;Performs a rank transformation on the input data, returning an array<a name="line.28"></a>
32 <FONT color="green">029</FONT> * of ranks.&lt;/p&gt;<a name="line.29"></a>
33 <FONT color="green">030</FONT> *<a name="line.30"></a>
34 <FONT color="green">031</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;Ranks should be 1-based - that is, the smallest value<a name="line.31"></a>
35 <FONT color="green">032</FONT> * returned in an array of ranks should be greater than or equal to one,<a name="line.32"></a>
36 <FONT color="green">033</FONT> * rather than 0. Ranks should in general take integer values, though<a name="line.33"></a>
37 <FONT color="green">034</FONT> * implementations may return averages or other floating point values<a name="line.34"></a>
38 <FONT color="green">035</FONT> * to resolve ties in the input data.&lt;/p&gt;<a name="line.35"></a>
39 <FONT color="green">036</FONT> *<a name="line.36"></a>
40 <FONT color="green">037</FONT> * @param data array of data to be ranked<a name="line.37"></a>
41 <FONT color="green">038</FONT> * @return an array of ranks corresponding to the elements of the input array<a name="line.38"></a>
42 <FONT color="green">039</FONT> */<a name="line.39"></a>
43 <FONT color="green">040</FONT> double[] rank (double[] data);<a name="line.40"></a>
44 <FONT color="green">041</FONT> }<a name="line.41"></a>
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