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 __update_covariance(self, means, rc, mc):
        covariance = 0.0
        for index_point in range(len(self.__data)):
            deviation = numpy.array([self.__data[index_point] - means])
            covariance += rc[index_point] * deviation.T.dot(deviation)