Added docstrings to `networks.rs`

reCTBN/src/network.rs

@@ -11,33 +11,102 @@ pub enum NetworkError {
     NodeInsertionError(String),
 }
 
-///Network
-///The Network trait define the required methods for a structure used as pgm (such as ctbn).
+/// It defines the required methods for a structure used as a PGM (such as a CTBN).
 pub trait Network {
     fn initialize_adj_matrix(&mut self);
     fn add_node(&mut self, n: params::Params) -> Result<usize, NetworkError>;
+    /// Add an **directed edge** between a two nodes of the network.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `parent` - parent node.
+    /// * `child` - child node.
     fn add_edge(&mut self, parent: usize, child: usize);
 
-    ///Get all the indices of the nodes contained inside the network
+    /// Get all the indices of the nodes contained inside the network.
     fn get_node_indices(&self) -> std::ops::Range<usize>;
+
+    /// Get the numbers of nodes contained in the network.
     fn get_number_of_nodes(&self) -> usize;
+
+    /// Get the **node param**.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `node_idx` - node index value.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * The selected **node param**.
     fn get_node(&self, node_idx: usize) -> &params::Params;
+
+    /// Get the **node param**.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `node_idx` - node index value.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * The selected **node mutable param**.
     fn get_node_mut(&mut self, node_idx: usize) -> &mut params::Params;
 
-    ///Compute the index that must be used to access the parameters of a node given a specific
-    ///configuration of the network. Usually, the only values really used in *current_state* are
-    ///the ones in the parent set of the *node*.
+    /// Compute the index that must be used to access the parameters of a `node`, given a specific
+    /// configuration of the network.
+    ///
+    /// Usually, the only values really used in `current_state` are the ones in the parent set of
+    /// the `node`.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `node` - selected node.
+    /// * `current_state` - current configuration of the network.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * Index of the `node` relative to the network.
     fn get_param_index_network(&self, node: usize, current_state: &Vec<params::StateType>)
         -> usize;
 
-    ///Compute the index that must be used to access the parameters of a node given a specific
-    ///configuration of the network and a generic parent_set. Usually, the only values really used
-    ///in *current_state* are the ones in the parent set of the *node*.
+    /// Compute the index that must be used to access the parameters of a `node`, given a specific
+    /// configuration of the network and a generic `parent_set`.
+    ///
+    /// Usually, the only values really used in `current_state` are the ones in the parent set of
+    /// the `node`.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `current_state` - current configuration of the network.
+    /// * `parent_set` - parent set of the selected `node`.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * Index of the `node` relative to the network.
     fn get_param_index_from_custom_parent_set(
         &self,
         current_state: &Vec<params::StateType>,
         parent_set: &BTreeSet<usize>,
     ) -> usize;
+
+    /// Get the **parent set** of a given **node**.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `node` - node index value.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * The **parent set** of the selected node.
     fn get_parent_set(&self, node: usize) -> BTreeSet<usize>;
+
+    /// Get the **children set** of a given **node**.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `node` - node index value.
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    ///
+    /// * The **children set** of the selected node.
     fn get_children_set(&self, node: usize) -> BTreeSet<usize>;
 }