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        <span class="name">initialize</span><span class="params">()</span><span class="result">: <span class="extype" name="scala.Unit">Unit</span></span>
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      <p class="shortcomment cmt">Since probability of evidence algorithms introduce additional evidence (namely, their evidence argument), into an existing universe,
a mechanism must be provided for introducing the evidence when the algorithm begins and cleaning it up at the end.</p><div class="f