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016
017package org.tribuo;
018
019/**
020 * An interface for incremental training of {@link Model}s.
021 */
022public interface IncrementalTrainer<T extends Output<T>, U extends Model<T>> extends Trainer<T> {
023
024    /**
025     * Incrementally trains the supplied model with the new data.
026     * @param newData The additional training data.
027     * @param model The model to update.
028     * @return The updated model.
029     */
030    public U incrementalTrain(Dataset<T> newData, U model);
031
032}