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/** @file
 * @brief The K2 algorithm
 *
 * @author Christophe GONZALES(@AMU) and Pierre-Henri WUILLEMIN(@LIP6)
 */
#ifndef GUM_LEARNING_K2_H
#define GUM_LEARNING_K2_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include <agrum/BN/BayesNet.h>
#include <agrum/tools/core/sequence.h>
#include <agrum/tools/graphs/DAG.h>
#include <agrum/BN/learning/greedyHillClimbing.h>

namespace gum {

  namespace learning {

    /** @class K2
     * @brief The K2 algorithm
     * @ingroup learning_group
     */
    class K2: private GreedyHillClimbing {
      public:
      // ##########################################################################
      /// @name Constructors / Destructors
      // ##########################################################################
      /// @{

      /// default constructor
      K2();

      /// copy constructor
      K2(const K2& from);

      /// move constructor
      K2(K2&& from);

      /// destructor
      ~K2();

      /// @}

      // ##########################################################################
      /// @name Operators
      // ##########################################################################
      /// @{

      /// copy operator
      K2& operator=(const K2& from);

      /// move operator
      K2& operator=(K2&& from);

      /// @}

      // ##########################################################################
      /// @name Accessors / Modifiers
      // ##########################################################################
      /// @{

      /// returns the approximation policy of the learning algorithm
      ApproximationScheme& approximationScheme();

      /// sets the order on the variables
      void setOrder(const Sequence< NodeId >& order);

      /// sets the order on the variables
      void setOrder(const std::vector< NodeId >& order);

      /// returns the current order
      const Sequence< NodeId >& order() const noexcept;

      /// learns the structure of a Bayes net
      /**
       * @param selector A selector class that computes the best changes that
       * can be applied and that enables the user to get them very easily.
       * Typically, the selector is a GraphChangesSelector4DiGraph<SCORE,
       * STRUCT_CONSTRAINT, GRAPH_CHANGES_GENERATOR>.
       * @param initial_dag the DAG we start from for our learning */
      template < typename GRAPH_CHANGES_SELECTOR >
      DAG learnStructure(GRAPH_CHANGES_SELECTOR& selector,
                         DAG                     initial_dag = DAG());

      /// learns the structure and the parameters of a BN
      template < typename GUM_SCALAR,
                 typename GRAPH_CHANGES_SELECTOR,
                 typename PARAM_ESTIMATOR >
      BayesNet< GUM_SCALAR > learnBN(GRAPH_CHANGES_SELECTOR& selector,
                                     PARAM_ESTIMATOR&        estimator,
                                     DAG                     initial_dag = DAG());

      private:
      /// the order on the variable used for learning
      Sequence< NodeId > order__;

      /** @brief checks that the order passed to K2 is coherent with the
       * variables
       * as specified by their modalities */
      void checkOrder__(const std::vector< Size >& modal);
      /// @}
    };

  } /* namespace learning */

} /* namespace gum */

/// include the inlined functions if necessary
#ifndef GUM_NO_INLINE
#  include <agrum/BN/learning/K2_inl.h>
#endif /* GUM_NO_INLINE */

/// always include templated methods
#include <agrum/BN/learning/K2_tpl.h>

#endif /* GUM_LEARNING_K2_H */