def add(self, elem, replace=False):
        """Add a requirement.

        :param elem: a string or :class:`Requirement` instance.
        :param replace: if `True`, packages in the set with the same name will
            be removed first.
        """
        if isinstance(elem, text_type):
            elem = Requirement.coerce(elem)
        if replace and elem in self:
            self.remove(elem)
        super(Requirements, self).add(elem)
def __calculate_initial_covariances(self, initial_clusters):
        covariances = []
        for initial_cluster in initial_clusters:
            if len(initial_cluster) > 1:
                cluster_sample = [self.__sample[index_point] for index_point in initial_cluster]
                covariances.append(numpy.cov(cluster_sample, rowvar=False))
            else:
                dimension = len(self.__sample[0])
                covariances.append(numpy.zeros((dimension, dimension)) + random.random() / 10.0)