weka.experiment
Class ClassifierSplitEvaluator

java.lang.Object
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  +--weka.experiment.ClassifierSplitEvaluator
All Implemented Interfaces:
AdditionalMeasureProducer, OptionHandler, java.io.Serializable, SplitEvaluator
Direct Known Subclasses:
CostSensitiveClassifierSplitEvaluator

public class ClassifierSplitEvaluator
extends java.lang.Object
implements SplitEvaluator, OptionHandler, AdditionalMeasureProducer

A SplitEvaluator that produces results for a classification scheme on a nominal class attribute. -W classname
Specify the full class name of the classifier to evaluate.

-C class index
The index of the class for which IR statistics are to be output. (default 1)

Version:
$Revision: 1.18 $
Author:
Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
ClassifierSplitEvaluator()
          No args constructor.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String classifierTipText()
          Returns the tip text for this property
 java.util.Enumeration enumerateMeasures()
          Returns an enumeration of any additional measure names that might be in the classifier
 int getClassForIRStatistics()
          Get the value of ClassForIRStatistics.
 Classifier getClassifier()
          Get the value of Classifier.
 java.lang.Object[] getKey()
          Gets the key describing the current SplitEvaluator.
 java.lang.String[] getKeyNames()
          Gets the names of each of the key columns produced for a single run.
 java.lang.Object[] getKeyTypes()
          Gets the data types of each of the key columns produced for a single run.
 double getMeasure(java.lang.String additionalMeasureName)
          Returns the value of the named measure
 java.lang.String[] getOptions()
          Gets the current settings of the Classifier.
 java.lang.String getRawResultOutput()
          Gets the raw output from the classifier
 java.lang.Object[] getResult(Instances train, Instances test)
          Gets the results for the supplied train and test datasets.
 java.lang.String[] getResultNames()
          Gets the names of each of the result columns produced for a single run.
 java.lang.Object[] getResultTypes()
          Gets the data types of each of the result columns produced for a single run.
 java.lang.String globalInfo()
          Returns a string describing this split evaluator
 java.util.Enumeration listOptions()
          Returns an enumeration describing the available options..
 void setAdditionalMeasures(java.lang.String[] additionalMeasures)
          Set a list of method names for additional measures to look for in Classifiers.
 void setClassForIRStatistics(int v)
          Set the value of ClassForIRStatistics.
 void setClassifier(Classifier newClassifier)
          Sets the classifier.
 void setClassifierName(java.lang.String newClassifierName)
          Set the Classifier to use, given it's class name.
 void setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)
          Parses a given list of options.
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns a text description of the split evaluator.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ClassifierSplitEvaluator

public ClassifierSplitEvaluator()
No args constructor.

Method Detail

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()
Returns a string describing this split evaluator

Returns:
a description of the split evaluator suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

listOptions

public java.util.Enumeration listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options..

Specified by:
listOptions in interface OptionHandler
Returns:
an enumeration of all the available options.

setOptions

public void setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)
                throws java.lang.Exception
Parses a given list of options. Valid options are:

-W classname
Specify the full class name of the classifier to evaluate.

-C class index
The index of the class for which IR statistics are to be output. (default 1)

All option after -- will be passed to the classifier.

Specified by:
setOptions in interface OptionHandler
Parameters:
options - the list of options as an array of strings
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported

getOptions

public java.lang.String[] getOptions()
Gets the current settings of the Classifier.

Specified by:
getOptions in interface OptionHandler
Returns:
an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

setAdditionalMeasures

public void setAdditionalMeasures(java.lang.String[] additionalMeasures)
Set a list of method names for additional measures to look for in Classifiers. This could contain many measures (of which only a subset may be produceable by the current Classifier) if an experiment is the type that iterates over a set of properties.

Specified by:
setAdditionalMeasures in interface SplitEvaluator
Parameters:
additionalMeasures - a list of method names

enumerateMeasures

public java.util.Enumeration enumerateMeasures()
Returns an enumeration of any additional measure names that might be in the classifier

Specified by:
enumerateMeasures in interface AdditionalMeasureProducer
Returns:
an enumeration of the measure names

getMeasure

public double getMeasure(java.lang.String additionalMeasureName)
Returns the value of the named measure

Specified by:
getMeasure in interface AdditionalMeasureProducer
Parameters:
additionalMeasureName - the name of the measure to query for its value
Returns:
the value of the named measure
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the named measure is not supported

getKeyTypes

public java.lang.Object[] getKeyTypes()
Gets the data types of each of the key columns produced for a single run. The number of key fields must be constant for a given SplitEvaluator.

Specified by:
getKeyTypes in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
an array containing objects of the type of each key column. The objects should be Strings, or Doubles.

getKeyNames

public java.lang.String[] getKeyNames()
Gets the names of each of the key columns produced for a single run. The number of key fields must be constant for a given SplitEvaluator.

Specified by:
getKeyNames in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
an array containing the name of each key column

getKey

public java.lang.Object[] getKey()
Gets the key describing the current SplitEvaluator. For example This may contain the name of the classifier used for classifier predictive evaluation. The number of key fields must be constant for a given SplitEvaluator.

Specified by:
getKey in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
an array of objects containing the key.

getResultTypes

public java.lang.Object[] getResultTypes()
Gets the data types of each of the result columns produced for a single run. The number of result fields must be constant for a given SplitEvaluator.

Specified by:
getResultTypes in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
an array containing objects of the type of each result column. The objects should be Strings, or Doubles.

getResultNames

public java.lang.String[] getResultNames()
Gets the names of each of the result columns produced for a single run. The number of result fields must be constant for a given SplitEvaluator.

Specified by:
getResultNames in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
an array containing the name of each result column

getResult

public java.lang.Object[] getResult(Instances train,
                                    Instances test)
                             throws java.lang.Exception
Gets the results for the supplied train and test datasets.

Specified by:
getResult in interface SplitEvaluator
Parameters:
train - the training Instances.
test - the testing Instances.
Returns:
the results stored in an array. The objects stored in the array may be Strings, Doubles, or null (for the missing value).
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - if a problem occurs while getting the results

classifierTipText

public java.lang.String classifierTipText()
Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:
tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getClassifier

public Classifier getClassifier()
Get the value of Classifier.

Returns:
Value of Classifier.

setClassifier

public void setClassifier(Classifier newClassifier)
Sets the classifier.

Parameters:
newClassifier - the new classifier to use.

getClassForIRStatistics

public int getClassForIRStatistics()
Get the value of ClassForIRStatistics.

Returns:
Value of ClassForIRStatistics.

setClassForIRStatistics

public void setClassForIRStatistics(int v)
Set the value of ClassForIRStatistics.

Parameters:
v - Value to assign to ClassForIRStatistics.

setClassifierName

public void setClassifierName(java.lang.String newClassifierName)
                       throws java.lang.Exception
Set the Classifier to use, given it's class name. A new classifier will be instantiated.

Throws:
java.lang.Exception - if the class name is invalid.

getRawResultOutput

public java.lang.String getRawResultOutput()
Gets the raw output from the classifier

Specified by:
getRawResultOutput in interface SplitEvaluator
Returns:
the raw output from the classifier

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Returns a text description of the split evaluator.

Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object
Returns:
a text description of the split evaluator.


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