weka.classifiers.trees.j48
Class Stats

java.lang.Object
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  +--weka.classifiers.trees.j48.Stats

public class Stats
extends java.lang.Object

Class implementing a statistical routine needed by J48 to compute its error estimate.

Version:
$Revision: 1.7 $
Author:
Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Constructor Summary
Stats()
           
 
Method Summary
static double addErrs(double N, double e, float CF)
          Computes estimated extra error for given total number of instances and error using normal approximation to binomial distribution (and continuity correction).
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Stats

public Stats()
Method Detail

addErrs

public static double addErrs(double N,
                             double e,
                             float CF)
Computes estimated extra error for given total number of instances and error using normal approximation to binomial distribution (and continuity correction).

Parameters:
N - number of instances
e - observed error
CF - confidence value


Copyright (c) 2003 David Lindsay, Computer Learning Research Centre, Dept. Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London