/**
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Vasilis Vryniotis 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */
package com.datumbox.framework.core.machinelearning.common.interfaces;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Stepwise regression requires the estimation of p-values for each parameter. 
 * The regression models that support this estimation is marked with this interface.
 * 
 * @author Vasilis Vryniotis 
 */
public interface StepwiseCompatible {
    
    /**
     * Getter for the p-values of the Features.
     * 
     * @return 
     */
    public Map getFeaturePvalues();
}