def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def initialize(self, init_type = ema_init_type.KMEANS_INITIALIZATION):
        """!
        @brief Calculates initial parameters for EM algorithm: means and covariances using
                specified strategy.