/**
 * A model is a representation of a dataset
 * @returns an object with methods to manipulate the model
 */
export function model(): {
    get: () => any[];
    clone: (other: any) => /*elided*/ any;
    /**
     * Renames the reference names using a renamer
     * @param {Function} rename - the renamer function
     */
    renameUsing: (rename: Function) => /*elided*/ any;
    /**
     * Analyzes the input data and derives a model from it
     *
     * @param {Array|Object} value      - the data to derive the model from
     * @param {boolean}      sparseData - indicates that rows may have missing attributes
     * @returns {Object}     this
     */
    from: (value: any[] | Object, sparseData: boolean) => Object;
    /**
     * Merges the model with another model
     *
     * @param {Array}   other    - the model to merge with
     * @param {Boolean} override - whether to override the type of the first model
     * @returns {Object} this
     */
    merge: (other: any[], override?: boolean) => Object;
};