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+module OpenTox
+
+  module Algorithm 
+
+    # Generic method to execute algorithms
+    # Algorithms should:
+    #   - accept a Compound, an Array of Compounds or a Dataset as first argument
+    #   - optional parameters as second argument
+    #   - return an object corresponding to the input type as result (eg. Compound -> value, Array of Compounds -> Array of values, Dataset -> Dataset with values
+    # @param [OpenTox::Compound,Array,OpenTox::Dataset] Input object
+    # @param [Hash] Algorithm parameters
+    # @return Algorithm result
+    def self.run algorithm, object, parameters=nil
+      bad_request_error "Cannot run '#{algorithm}' algorithm. Please provide an OpenTox::Algorithm." unless algorithm =~ /^OpenTox::Algorithm/
+      klass,method = algorithm.split('.')
+      parameters.nil? ?  Object.const_get(klass).send(method,object) : Object.const_get(klass).send(method,object, parameters)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+