def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def notify(self, means, covariances, clusters):
        """!
        @brief This method is used by the algorithm to notify observer about changes where the algorithm
                should provide new values: means, covariances and allocated clusters.