def clean_semver(cls, version_spec):
        return re.sub(r"([<>=~])\s+?v?", "\\1", version_spec, re.IGNORECASE)
def initialize(self, init_type = ema_init_type.KMEANS_INITIALIZATION):
        """!
        @brief Calculates initial parameters for EM algorithm: means and covariances using
                specified strategy.