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package org.biojava.stats.svm;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Classic linear kernel. It actualy just delegates to SparseVector.kernel.
 *
 * @deprecated Just use SparseVector.kernel instead...
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public class LinearKernel implements SVMKernel, Serializable {
    /**
     * The linear kernel is equal to the dot product of a and b.
     */
    public double evaluate(Object a, Object b) {
      return SparseVector.kernel.evaluate(a, b);
    }
}