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/*
* SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval.java
* Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
*
*/
package weka.attributeSelection;
import weka.core.Capabilities;
import weka.core.ContingencyTables;
import weka.core.Instance;
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.supervised.attribute.Discretize;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;
/**
* SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval :
*
* Evaluates the worth of an attribute by measuring the symmetrical uncertainty with respect to the class.
*
* SymmU(Class, Attribute) = 2 * (H(Class) - H(Class | Attribute)) / H(Class) + H(Attribute).
*
-M * treat missing values as a seperate value.* * * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz) * @version $Revision: 5447 $ * @see Discretize */ public class SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval extends ASEvaluation implements AttributeEvaluator, OptionHandler { /** for serialization */ static final long serialVersionUID = -8096505776132296416L; /** 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; /** Treat missing values as a seperate value */ 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 "SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval :\n\nEvaluates the worth of an attribute " +"by measuring the symmetrical uncertainty with respect to the class. " +"\n\n SymmU(Class, Attribute) = 2 * (H(Class) - H(Class | Attribute)) " +"/ H(Class) + H(Attribute).\n"; } /** * Constructor */ public SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval () { 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 seperate " + "value.", "M", 0, "-M")); return newVector.elements(); } /** * Parses a given list of options. * * Valid options are: * *
-M * treat missing values as a seperate 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 a symmetrical uncertainty 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(); } /** * set options to default values */ protected void resetOptions () { m_trainInstances = null; m_missing_merge = true; } /** * evaluates an individual attribute by measuring the symmetrical * uncertainty between it and the class. * * @param attribute the index of the attribute to be evaluated * @return the uncertainty * @throws Exception if the attribute could not be evaluated */ public double evaluateAttribute (int attribute) throws Exception { int i, j, ii, jj; int nnj, nni, 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]; sumi = new double[ni]; sumj = new double[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; } } return ContingencyTables.symmetricalUncertainty(counts); } /** * Return a description of the evaluator * @return description as a string */ public String toString () { StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer(); if (m_trainInstances == null) { text.append("\tSymmetrical Uncertainty evaluator has not been built"); } else { text.append("\tSymmetrical Uncertainty Ranking Filter"); if (!m_missing_merge) { text.append("\n\tMissing values treated as seperate"); } } text.append("\n"); return text.toString(); } /** * Returns the revision string. * * @return the revision */ public String getRevision() { return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 5447 $"); } // ============ // Test method. // ============ /** * Main method for testing this class. * * @param argv should contain the following arguments: * -t training file */ public static void main (String[] argv) { runEvaluator(new SymmetricalUncertAttributeEval(), argv); } }