code: protected Context[] getParameters (int[][] outcomePatterns) throws java.io.IOException {
        Context[] params = new Context[NUM_PREDS];
        int pid=0;
        for (int i=0; i<outcomePatterns.length; i++) {
          //construct outcome pattern
          int[] outcomePattern = new int[outcomePatterns[i].length-1];
          for (int k=1; k<outcomePatterns[i].length; k++) {
            outcomePattern[k-1] = outcomePatterns[i][k];
          }
          //populate parameters for each context which uses this outcome pattern. 
          for (int j=0; j<outcomePatterns[i][0]; j++) {
            double[] contextParameters = new double[outcomePatterns[i].length-1];
            for (int k=1; k<outcomePatterns[i].length; k++) {
              contextParameters[k-1] = readDouble();
            }
            params[pid] = new Context(outcomePattern,contextParameters);
            pid++;
          }
        }
        return params;
      }
docs: Reads the parameters from a file and populates an array of context objects.
  @param outcomePatterns The outcomes patterns for the model.  The first index refers to which
  outcome pattern (a set of outcomes that occurs with a context) is being specified.  The
  second index specifies the number of contexts which use this pattern at index 0, and the
  index of each outcomes which make up this pattern in indicies 1-n.
  @return An array of context objects.
  @throws java.io.IOException when the model file does not match the outcome patterns or can not be read.