/// <summary>
        /// Add an item to the estimator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="item">The entity to add</param>
        /// <remarks>based upon the strata, the value is either added to an IBF or to the b-bit minwise estimator.</remarks>
        public void Add(TEntity item)
        {
            var idHash     = _configuration.IdHash(_configuration.GetId(item));
            var entityHash = _configuration.EntityHash(item);

            if (!_strataEstimator.ConditionalAdd(idHash, entityHash))
            {
                if (_minwiseEstimator == null)
                {
                    _minwiseReplacementCount++;
                }
                else
                {
                    _minwiseEstimator.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(idHash, entityHash));
                }
            }
        }