source: src/main/java/weka/attributeSelection/OneRAttributeEval.java @ 23

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/*
 *    OneRAttributeEval.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.attributeSelection;

import weka.classifiers.Classifier;
import weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier;
import weka.classifiers.Evaluation;
import weka.core.Capabilities;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.Option;
import weka.core.OptionHandler;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;
import weka.core.Utils;
import weka.core.Capabilities.Capability;
import weka.filters.Filter;
import weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.Remove;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Vector;

/** 
 <!-- globalinfo-start -->
 * OneRAttributeEval :<br/>
 * <br/>
 * Evaluates the worth of an attribute by using the OneR classifier.<br/>
 * <p/>
 <!-- globalinfo-end -->
 *
 <!-- options-start -->
 * Valid options are: <p/>
 * 
 * <pre> -S &lt;seed&gt;
 *  Random number seed for cross validation
 *  (default = 1)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -F &lt;folds&gt;
 *  Number of folds for cross validation
 *  (default = 10)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -D
 *  Use training data for evaluation rather than cross validaton</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -B &lt;minimum bucket size&gt;
 *  Minimum number of objects in a bucket
 *  (passed on to OneR, default = 6)</pre>
 * 
 <!-- options-end -->
 *
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 5928 $
 */
public class OneRAttributeEval
  extends ASEvaluation
  implements AttributeEvaluator, OptionHandler {
  
  /** for serialization */
  static final long serialVersionUID = 4386514823886856980L;

  /** The training instances */
  private Instances m_trainInstances;

  /** The class index */
  private int m_classIndex;

  /** The number of attributes */
  private int m_numAttribs;

  /** The number of instances */
  private int m_numInstances;

  /** Random number seed */
  private int m_randomSeed;

  /** Number of folds for cross validation */
  private int m_folds;

  /** Use training data to evaluate merit rather than x-val */
  private boolean m_evalUsingTrainingData;

  /** Passed on to OneR */
  private int m_minBucketSize;


  /**
   * Returns a string describing this attribute evaluator
   * @return a description of the evaluator suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String globalInfo() {
    return "OneRAttributeEval :\n\nEvaluates the worth of an attribute by "
      +"using the OneR classifier.\n";
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string for this option suitable for display in the gui
   * as a tip text
   *
   * @return a string describing this option
   */
  public String seedTipText() {
    return "Set the seed for use in cross validation.";
  }

  /**
   * Set the random number seed for cross validation
   *
   * @param seed the seed to use
   */
  public void setSeed(int seed) {
    m_randomSeed = seed;
  }

  /**
   * Get the random number seed
   *
   * @return an <code>int</code> value
   */
  public int getSeed() {
    return m_randomSeed;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string for this option suitable for display in the gui
   * as a tip text
   *
   * @return a string describing this option
   */
  public String foldsTipText() {
    return "Set the number of folds for cross validation.";
  }

  /**
   * Set the number of folds to use for cross validation
   *
   * @param folds the number of folds
   */
  public void setFolds(int folds) {
    m_folds = folds;
    if (m_folds < 2) {
      m_folds = 2;
    }
  }
   
  /**
   * Get the number of folds used for cross validation
   *
   * @return the number of folds
   */
  public int getFolds() {
    return m_folds;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string for this option suitable for display in the gui
   * as a tip text
   *
   * @return a string describing this option
   */
  public String evalUsingTrainingDataTipText() {
    return "Use the training data to evaluate attributes rather than "
      + "cross validation.";
  }

  /**
   * Use the training data to evaluate attributes rather than cross validation
   *
   * @param e true if training data is to be used for evaluation
   */
  public void setEvalUsingTrainingData(boolean e) {
    m_evalUsingTrainingData = e;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string for this option suitable for display in the gui
   * as a tip text
   *
   * @return a string describing this option
   */
  public String minimumBucketSizeTipText() {
    return "The minimum number of objects in a bucket "
      + "(passed to OneR).";
  }

  /**
   * Set the minumum bucket size used by OneR
   *
   * @param minB the minimum bucket size to use
   */
  public void setMinimumBucketSize(int minB) {
    m_minBucketSize = minB;
  }

  /**
   * Get the minimum bucket size used by oneR
   *
   * @return the minimum bucket size used
   */
  public int getMinimumBucketSize() {
    return m_minBucketSize;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the training data is to be used for evaluation
   *
   * @return true if training data is to be used for evaluation
   */
  public boolean getEvalUsingTrainingData() {
    return m_evalUsingTrainingData;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
   *
   * @return an enumeration of all the available options.
   */
  public Enumeration listOptions() {

    Vector newVector = new Vector(4);

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
        "\tRandom number seed for cross validation\n"
        + "\t(default = 1)",
        "S", 1, "-S <seed>"));

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
        "\tNumber of folds for cross validation\n"
        + "\t(default = 10)",
        "F", 1, "-F <folds>"));

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
        "\tUse training data for evaluation rather than cross validaton",
        "D", 0, "-D"));

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
        "\tMinimum number of objects in a bucket\n"
        + "\t(passed on to "
        +"OneR, default = 6)",
        "B", 1, "-B <minimum bucket size>"));

    return newVector.elements();
  }

  /**
   * Parses a given list of options. <p/>
   *
   <!-- options-start -->
   * Valid options are: <p/>
   * 
   * <pre> -S &lt;seed&gt;
   *  Random number seed for cross validation
   *  (default = 1)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -F &lt;folds&gt;
   *  Number of folds for cross validation
   *  (default = 10)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -D
   *  Use training data for evaluation rather than cross validaton</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -B &lt;minimum bucket size&gt;
   *  Minimum number of objects in a bucket
   *  (passed on to OneR, default = 6)</pre>
   * 
   <!-- options-end -->
   *
   * @param options the list of options as an array of strings
   * @throws Exception if an option is not supported
   */
  public void setOptions(String [] options) throws Exception {
    String temp = Utils.getOption('S', options);

    if (temp.length() != 0) {
      setSeed(Integer.parseInt(temp));
    }
    
    temp = Utils.getOption('F', options);
    if (temp.length() != 0) {
      setFolds(Integer.parseInt(temp));
    }

    temp = Utils.getOption('B', options);
    if (temp.length() != 0) {
      setMinimumBucketSize(Integer.parseInt(temp));
    }
    
    setEvalUsingTrainingData(Utils.getFlag('D', options));
    Utils.checkForRemainingOptions(options);
  }

  /**
   * returns the current setup.
   * 
   * @return the options of the current setup
   */
  public String[] getOptions() {
    String [] options = new String [7];
    int current = 0;
    
    if (getEvalUsingTrainingData()) {
      options[current++] = "-D";
    }
    
    options[current++] = "-S";
    options[current++] = "" + getSeed();
    options[current++] = "-F";
    options[current++] = "" + getFolds();
    options[current++] = "-B";
    options[current++] = "" + getMinimumBucketSize();

    while (current < options.length) {
      options[current++] = "";
    }
    return options;
  }

  /**
   * Constructor
   */
  public OneRAttributeEval () {
    resetOptions();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the capabilities of this evaluator.
   *
   * @return            the capabilities of this evaluator
   * @see               Capabilities
   */
  public Capabilities getCapabilities() {
    Capabilities result = super.getCapabilities();
    result.disableAll();
    
    // attributes
    result.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.NUMERIC_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.DATE_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.MISSING_VALUES);
    
    // class
    result.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS);
    result.enable(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES);
    
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Initializes a OneRAttribute attribute evaluator.
   * Discretizes all attributes that are numeric.
   *
   * @param data set of instances serving as training data 
   * @throws Exception if the evaluator has not been 
   * generated successfully
   */
  public void buildEvaluator (Instances data)
    throws Exception {
    
    // can evaluator handle data?
    getCapabilities().testWithFail(data);

    m_trainInstances = data;
    m_classIndex = m_trainInstances.classIndex();
    m_numAttribs = m_trainInstances.numAttributes();
    m_numInstances = m_trainInstances.numInstances();
  }


  /**
   * rests to defaults.
   */
  protected void resetOptions () {
    m_trainInstances = null;
    m_randomSeed = 1;
    m_folds = 10;
    m_evalUsingTrainingData = false;
    m_minBucketSize = 6; // default used by OneR
  }


  /**
   * evaluates an individual attribute by measuring the amount
   * of information gained about the class given the attribute.
   *
   * @param attribute the index of the attribute to be evaluated
   * @throws Exception if the attribute could not be evaluated
   */
  public double evaluateAttribute (int attribute)
    throws Exception {
    int[] featArray = new int[2]; // feat + class
    double errorRate;
    Evaluation o_Evaluation;
    Remove delTransform = new Remove();
    delTransform.setInvertSelection(true);
    // copy the instances
    Instances trainCopy = new Instances(m_trainInstances);
    featArray[0] = attribute;
    featArray[1] = trainCopy.classIndex();
    delTransform.setAttributeIndicesArray(featArray);
    delTransform.setInputFormat(trainCopy);
    trainCopy = Filter.useFilter(trainCopy, delTransform);
    o_Evaluation = new Evaluation(trainCopy);
    String [] oneROpts = { "-B", ""+getMinimumBucketSize()};
    Classifier oneR = AbstractClassifier.forName("weka.classifiers.rules.OneR", oneROpts);
    if (m_evalUsingTrainingData) {
      oneR.buildClassifier(trainCopy);
      o_Evaluation.evaluateModel(oneR, trainCopy);
    } else {
      /*      o_Evaluation.crossValidateModel("weka.classifiers.rules.OneR", 
              trainCopy, 10, 
              null, new Random(m_randomSeed)); */
      o_Evaluation.crossValidateModel(oneR, trainCopy, m_folds, new Random(m_randomSeed));
    }
    errorRate = o_Evaluation.errorRate();
    return  (1 - errorRate)*100.0;
  }


  /**
   * Return a description of the evaluator
   * @return description as a string
   */
  public String toString () {
    StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();

    if (m_trainInstances == null) {
      text.append("\tOneR feature evaluator has not been built yet");
    }
    else {
      text.append("\tOneR feature evaluator.\n\n");
      text.append("\tUsing ");
      if (m_evalUsingTrainingData) {
        text.append("training data for evaluation of attributes.");
      } else {
        text.append(""+getFolds()+" fold cross validation for evaluating "
                    +"attributes.");
      }
      text.append("\n\tMinimum bucket size for OneR: "
                  +getMinimumBucketSize());
    }

    text.append("\n");
    return  text.toString();
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the revision string.
   * 
   * @return            the revision
   */
  public String getRevision() {
    return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 5928 $");
  }

  // ============
  // Test method.
  // ============
  /**
   * Main method for testing this class.
   *
   * @param args the options
   */
  public static void main (String[] args) {
    runEvaluator(new OneRAttributeEval(), args);
  }
}