Class PaleographyAssistant

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.history.PaleographyAssistant

public final class PaleographyAssistant
extends Object

Assists in dating and identifying historical manuscripts based on paleographic analysis of writing styles. Classifies scripts into established historical types and maps diagnostic features to time periods.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final record	PaleographyAssistant.DatingResult	Encapsulates the statistical results of a paleographical analysis.
static final record	PaleographyAssistant.ScriptFeature	Specific calligraphic or typographic feature used to distinguish scripts.
static enum	PaleographyAssistant.ScriptType	Major historical Western European script types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static PaleographyAssistant.DatingResult	analyzeScript(List<String> observedFeatures, String region)	Estimates the likely script type and creation date based on observed manuscript features.
static List<PaleographyAssistant.ScriptType>	getActiveScripts(int year)	Returns all script types known to be active in a specific year.
static List<PaleographyAssistant.ScriptFeature>	getDiagnosticFeatures(PaleographyAssistant.ScriptType script)	Suggests diagnostic features associated with a specific script type.
static double	manuscriptSimilarity(List<String> features1, List<String> features2)	Quantifies the stylistic similarity between two manuscripts using Jaccard index.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

analyzeScript

public static PaleographyAssistant.DatingResult analyzeScript(List<String> observedFeatures,
 String region)

Estimates the likely script type and creation date based on observed manuscript features.

Parameters:

observedFeatures - list of feature names observed in the manuscript

region - geographical region of the manuscript (for regional adjustments)

Returns:

dating analysis results as PaleographyAssistant.DatingResult

Throws:

NullPointerException - if observedFeatures is null

getActiveScripts

public static List<PaleographyAssistant.ScriptType> getActiveScripts(int year)

Returns all script types known to be active in a specific year.

Parameters:

year - the year to query

Returns:

unmodifiable list of active script types

getDiagnosticFeatures

public static List<PaleographyAssistant.ScriptFeature> getDiagnosticFeatures(PaleographyAssistant.ScriptType script)

Suggests diagnostic features associated with a specific script type.

Parameters:

script - the script type

Returns:

unmodifiable list of associated features

Throws:

NullPointerException - if script is null

manuscriptSimilarity

public static double manuscriptSimilarity(List<String> features1,
 List<String> features2)

Quantifies the stylistic similarity between two manuscripts using Jaccard index.

Parameters:

features1 - features of first manuscript

features2 - features of second manuscript

Returns:

similarity score (0.0 to 1.0)