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/*
* SignificanceAttributeEval.java
* Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Pino
* Copyright (C) 2009 University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
*
*/
package weka.attributeSelection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Vector;
import weka.core.Capabilities;
import weka.core.Instance;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.Option;
import weka.core.OptionHandler;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformationHandler;
import weka.core.Utils;
import weka.core.Capabilities.Capability;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation.Field;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation.Type;
import weka.filters.Filter;
import weka.filters.supervised.attribute.Discretize;
/**
* Significance :
*
* Evaluates the worth of an attribute by computing the Probabilistic Significance as a two-way function.
* (attribute-classes and classes-attribute association)
*
* For more information see:
*
* Amir Ahmad, Lipika Dey (2004). A feature selection technique for classificatory analysis.
*
-M * treat missing values as a separate value.* * * BibTeX: *
* @phdthesis{Ahmad2004, * author = {Amir Ahmad and Lipika Dey}, * month = {October}, * publisher = {ELSEVIER}, * title = {A feature selection technique for classificatory analysis}, * year = {2004} * } ** * * @author Adrian Pino (apinoa@facinf.uho.edu.cu) * @version $Revision: 5447 $ */ public class SignificanceAttributeEval extends ASEvaluation implements AttributeEvaluator, OptionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler { /** for serialization */ static final long serialVersionUID = -8504656625598579926L; /** 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; /** The number of classes */ private int m_numClasses; /** Merge missing values */ private boolean m_missing_merge; /** * 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 "Significance :\n\nEvaluates the worth of an attribute " +"by computing the Probabilistic Significance as a two-way function.\n" +"(atributte-classes and classes-atribute association)\n\n" + "For more information see:\n\n" + getTechnicalInformation().toString(); } /** * Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing * detailed information about the technical background of this class, * e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on. * * @return the technical information about this class */ public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation() { TechnicalInformation result; result = new TechnicalInformation(Type.PHDTHESIS); result.setValue(Field.AUTHOR, "Amir Ahmad and Lipika Dey"); result.setValue(Field.YEAR, "2004"); result.setValue(Field.MONTH, "October"); result.setValue(Field.TITLE, "A feature selection technique for classificatory analysis"); result.setValue(Field.PUBLISHER, "ELSEVIER"); return result; } /** * Constructor */ public SignificanceAttributeEval () { resetOptions(); } /** * Returns an enumeration describing the available options. * @return an enumeration of all the available options. **/ public Enumeration listOptions () { Vector newVector = new Vector(1); newVector.addElement(new Option("\ttreat missing values as a separate " + "value.", "M", 0, "-M")); return newVector.elements(); } /** * Parses a given list of options. * * Valid options are: * *
-M * treat missing values as a separate value.* * * @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 { resetOptions(); setMissingMerge(!(Utils.getFlag('M', options))); } /** * Returns the tip text for this property * @return tip text for this property suitable for * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui */ public String missingMergeTipText() { return "Distribute counts for missing values. Counts are distributed " +"across other values in proportion to their frequency. Otherwise, " +"missing is treated as a separate value."; } /** * distribute the counts for missing values across observed values * * @param b true=distribute missing values. */ public void setMissingMerge (boolean b) { m_missing_merge = b; } /** * get whether missing values are being distributed or not * * @return true if missing values are being distributed. */ public boolean getMissingMerge () { return m_missing_merge; } /** * Gets the current settings of WrapperSubsetEval. * @return an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions() */ public String[] getOptions () { String[] options = new String[1]; int current = 0; if (!getMissingMerge()) { options[current++] = "-M"; } while (current < options.length) { options[current++] = ""; } return options; } /** * 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 the Significance 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(); Discretize disTransform = new Discretize(); disTransform.setUseBetterEncoding(true); disTransform.setInputFormat(m_trainInstances); m_trainInstances = Filter.useFilter(m_trainInstances, disTransform); m_numClasses = m_trainInstances.attribute(m_classIndex).numValues(); } /** * reset options to default values */ protected void resetOptions () { m_trainInstances = null; m_missing_merge = true; } /** * evaluates an individual attribute by measuring the Significance * * @param attribute the index of the attribute to be evaluated * @return the Significance of the attribute in the data base * @throws Exception if the attribute could not be evaluated */ public double evaluateAttribute (int attribute) throws Exception { int i, j, ii, jj; int ni, nj; double sum = 0.0; ni = m_trainInstances.attribute(attribute).numValues() + 1; nj = m_numClasses + 1; double[] sumi, sumj; Instance inst; double temp = 0.0; sumi = new double[ni]; sumj = new double[nj]; double[][] counts = new double[ni][nj]; for (i = 0; i < ni; i++) { sumi[i] = 0.0; for (j = 0; j < nj; j++) { sumj[j] = 0.0; counts[i][j] = 0.0; } } // Fill the contingency table for (i = 0; i < m_numInstances; i++) { inst = m_trainInstances.instance(i); if (inst.isMissing(attribute)) { ii = ni - 1; } else { ii = (int)inst.value(attribute); } if (inst.isMissing(m_classIndex)) { jj = nj - 1; } else { jj = (int)inst.value(m_classIndex); } counts[ii][jj]++; } // get the row totals for (i = 0; i < ni; i++) { sumi[i] = 0.0; for (j = 0; j < nj; j++) { sumi[i] += counts[i][j]; sum += counts[i][j]; } } // get the column totals for (j = 0; j < nj; j++) { sumj[j] = 0.0; for (i = 0; i < ni; i++) { sumj[j] += counts[i][j]; } } // distribute missing counts if (m_missing_merge && (sumi[ni-1] < m_numInstances) && (sumj[nj-1] < m_numInstances)) { double[] i_copy = new double[sumi.length]; double[] j_copy = new double[sumj.length]; double[][] counts_copy = new double[sumi.length][sumj.length]; for (i = 0; i < ni; i++) { System.arraycopy(counts[i], 0, counts_copy[i], 0, sumj.length); } System.arraycopy(sumi, 0, i_copy, 0, sumi.length); System.arraycopy(sumj, 0, j_copy, 0, sumj.length); double total_missing = (sumi[ni - 1] + sumj[nj - 1] - counts[ni - 1][nj - 1]); // do the missing i's if (sumi[ni - 1] > 0.0) { for (j = 0; j < nj - 1; j++) { if (counts[ni - 1][j] > 0.0) { for (i = 0; i < ni - 1; i++) { temp = ((i_copy[i]/(sum - i_copy[ni - 1]))*counts[ni - 1][j]); counts[i][j] += temp; sumi[i] += temp; } counts[ni - 1][j] = 0.0; } } } sumi[ni - 1] = 0.0; // do the missing j's if (sumj[nj - 1] > 0.0) { for (i = 0; i < ni - 1; i++) { if (counts[i][nj - 1] > 0.0) { for (j = 0; j < nj - 1; j++) { temp = ((j_copy[j]/(sum - j_copy[nj - 1]))*counts[i][nj - 1]); counts[i][j] += temp; sumj[j] += temp; } counts[i][nj - 1] = 0.0; } } } sumj[nj - 1] = 0.0; // do the both missing if (counts[ni - 1][nj - 1] > 0.0 && total_missing != sum) { for (i = 0; i < ni - 1; i++) { for (j = 0; j < nj - 1; j++) { temp = (counts_copy[i][j]/(sum - total_missing)) * counts_copy[ni - 1][nj - 1]; counts[i][j] += temp; sumi[i] += temp; sumj[j] += temp; } } counts[ni - 1][nj - 1] = 0.0; } } /**Working on the ContingencyTables****/ double discriminatingPower = associationAttributeClasses(counts); double separability = associationClassesAttribute(counts); /*...*/ return discriminatingPower + separability / 2; } /** * evaluates an individual attribute by measuring the attribute-classes * association * * @param counts the Contingency table where are the frecuency counts values * @return the discriminating power of the attribute */ public double associationAttributeClasses(double[][] counts){ List