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simClassify+ Data Type Specifications

Data Type Specifications tell the model what form the data from each column is in so it knows how to properly compare values.

Like simClassify, simClassify+ accepts the following Data Types:

IDA mandatory field which uniquely identifies each object.
CLASSA mandatory field which specifies the field to be classified.
REALNumerical values.
NOMINALValues that do not bear a quantitative relationship with each other (i.e., strings and numbers which represent non-numerical information).
MULTI_PLAINMultiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. Non-language specific.
MULTI_ENGLISHMultiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is English language.
MULTI_SPANISHMultiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is Spanish language.
MULTI_JAPANESEMultiple NOMINAL values separated by spaces. The text is Japanese language.
ITEM_SETA series of values with weights. (Formatted as item1:weight1;item2:weight2;item3:weight3)
IGNOREThe column shall be ignored by the program.
NULL_INDICATORThis column type identifies the presence or absence of non-numerical data, assigning different weights to any cell with data versus those without data.