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    018    package org.apache.commons.math.stat.ranking;
    019
    020    /**
    021     * Interface representing a rank transformation.
    022     *
    023     * @since 2.0
    024     * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $
    025     */
    026    public interface RankingAlgorithm {
    027        /**
    028         * <p>Performs a rank transformation on the input data, returning an array
    029         * of ranks.</p>
    030         *
    031         * <p>Ranks should be 1-based - that is, the smallest value
    032         * returned in an array of ranks should be greater than or equal to one,
    033         * rather than 0. Ranks should in general take integer values, though
    034         * implementations may return averages or other floating point values
    035         * to resolve ties in the input data.</p>
    036         *
    037         * @param data array of data to be ranked
    038         * @return an array of ranks corresponding to the elements of the input array
    039         */
    040        double[] rank (double[] data);
    041    }