Class GaussianProcessesWeighted

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, weka.classifiers.Classifier, weka.classifiers.IntervalEstimator, weka.core.BatchPredictor, weka.core.CapabilitiesHandler, weka.core.CapabilitiesIgnorer, weka.core.CommandlineRunnable, weka.core.OptionHandler, weka.core.RevisionHandler, weka.core.TechnicalInformationHandler, weka.core.WeightedInstancesHandler

    public class GaussianProcessesWeighted
    extends weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
    implements weka.core.WeightedInstancesHandler, weka.core.OptionHandler, weka.classifiers.IntervalEstimator, weka.core.TechnicalInformationHandler
    Implements Gaussian Processes for regression without hyperparameter-tuning. For more information see

    David J.C. Mackay (1998). Introduction to Gaussian Processes. Dept. of Physics, Cambridge University, UK.

    BibTeX:
     @misc{Mackay1998,
        address = {Dept. of Physics, Cambridge University, UK},
        author = {David J.C. Mackay},
        title = {Introduction to Gaussian Processes},
        year = {1998},
        PS = {http://wol.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/gpB.ps.gz}
     }
     


    Valid options are:

     -D
      If set, classifier is run in debug mode and
      may output additional info to the console
     -L <double>
      Level of Gaussian Noise.
      (default: 1.0)
     -N
      Whether to 0=normalize/1=standardize/2=neither.
      (default: 0=normalize)
     -K <classname and parameters>
      The Kernel to use.
      (default: weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.PolyKernel)
     Options specific to kernel weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.RBFKernel:
     
     -D
      Enables debugging output (if available) to be printed.
      (default: off)
     -no-checks
      Turns off all checks - use with caution!
      (default: checks on)
     -C <num>
      The size of the cache (a prime number), 0 for full cache and
      -1 to turn it off.
      (default: 250007)
     -G <num>
      The Gamma parameter.
      (default: 0.01)
    Version:
    $Revision$
    Author:
    Kurt Driessens ([email protected])
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static int FILTER_NONE
      no filter
      static int FILTER_NORMALIZE
      normalizes the data
      static int FILTER_STANDARDIZE
      standardizes the data
      protected double m_Alin
      The parameters of the linear transforamtion realized by the filter on the class attribute
      protected double m_avg_target
      The training data.
      protected double m_Blin  
      protected weka.core.matrix.Matrix m_C
      The covariance matrix.
      protected boolean m_checksTurnedOff
      Turn off all checks and conversions? Turning them off assumes that data is purely numeric, doesn't contain any missing values, and has a numeric class.
      protected int m_classIndex
      The class index from the training data
      protected double m_delta
      Gaussian Noise Value.
      protected weka.filters.Filter m_Filter
      The filter used to standardize/normalize all values.
      protected int m_filterType
      Whether to normalize/standardize/neither
      protected weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel m_kernel
      Kernel to use
      protected boolean m_KernelIsLinear
      whether the kernel is a linear one
      protected weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.ReplaceMissingValues m_Missing
      The filter used to get rid of missing values.
      protected weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.NominalToBinary m_NominalToBinary
      The filter used to make attributes numeric.
      protected int m_NumTrain
      The number of training instances
      protected weka.core.matrix.Matrix m_t
      The vector of target values.
      static weka.core.Tag[] TAGS_FILTER
      The filter to apply to the training data
      • Fields inherited from class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier

        BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT, m_BatchSize, m_Debug, m_DoNotCheckCapabilities, m_numDecimalPlaces, NUM_DECIMAL_PLACES_DEFAULT
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void buildClassifier​(weka.core.Instances insts)
      Method for building the classifier.
      double classifyInstance​(weka.core.Instance inst)
      Classifies a given instance.
      String filterTypeTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property
      weka.core.Capabilities getCapabilities()
      Returns default capabilities of the classifier.
      weka.core.SelectedTag getFilterType()
      Gets how the training data will be transformed.
      weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel getKernel()
      Gets the kernel to use.
      double getNoise()
      Get the value of noise.
      String[] getOptions()
      Gets the current settings of the classifier.
      String getRevision()
      Returns the revision string.
      double getStandardDeviation​(weka.core.Instance inst)
      Gives the variance of the prediction at the given instance
      weka.core.TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()
      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.
      String globalInfo()
      Returns a string describing classifier
      String kernelTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property
      Enumeration listOptions()
      Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
      static void main​(String[] argv)
      Main method for testing this class.
      String noiseTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property
      double[][] predictIntervals​(weka.core.Instance inst, double confidenceLevel)
      Predicts a confidence interval for the given instance and confidence level.
      void setFilterType​(weka.core.SelectedTag newType)
      Sets how the training data will be transformed.
      void setKernel​(weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel value)
      Sets the kernel to use.
      void setNoise​(double v)
      Set the level of Gaussian Noise.
      void setOptions​(String[] options)
      Parses a given list of options.
      String toString()
      Prints out the classifier.
      • Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier

        batchSizeTipText, debugTipText, distributionForInstance, distributionsForInstances, doNotCheckCapabilitiesTipText, forName, getBatchSize, getDebug, getDoNotCheckCapabilities, getNumDecimalPlaces, implementsMoreEfficientBatchPrediction, makeCopies, makeCopy, numDecimalPlacesTipText, postExecution, preExecution, run, runClassifier, setBatchSize, setDebug, setDoNotCheckCapabilities, setNumDecimalPlaces
    • Field Detail

      • m_NominalToBinary

        protected weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.NominalToBinary m_NominalToBinary
        The filter used to make attributes numeric.
      • FILTER_NORMALIZE

        public static final int FILTER_NORMALIZE
        normalizes the data
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • FILTER_STANDARDIZE

        public static final int FILTER_STANDARDIZE
        standardizes the data
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • TAGS_FILTER

        public static final weka.core.Tag[] TAGS_FILTER
        The filter to apply to the training data
      • m_Filter

        protected weka.filters.Filter m_Filter
        The filter used to standardize/normalize all values.
      • m_filterType

        protected int m_filterType
        Whether to normalize/standardize/neither
      • m_Missing

        protected weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.ReplaceMissingValues m_Missing
        The filter used to get rid of missing values.
      • m_checksTurnedOff

        protected boolean m_checksTurnedOff
        Turn off all checks and conversions? Turning them off assumes that data is purely numeric, doesn't contain any missing values, and has a numeric class.
      • m_delta

        protected double m_delta
        Gaussian Noise Value.
      • m_classIndex

        protected int m_classIndex
        The class index from the training data
      • m_Alin

        protected double m_Alin
        The parameters of the linear transforamtion realized by the filter on the class attribute
      • m_Blin

        protected double m_Blin
      • m_kernel

        protected weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel m_kernel
        Kernel to use
      • m_NumTrain

        protected int m_NumTrain
        The number of training instances
      • m_avg_target

        protected double m_avg_target
        The training data.
      • m_C

        protected weka.core.matrix.Matrix m_C
        The covariance matrix.
      • m_t

        protected weka.core.matrix.Matrix m_t
        The vector of target values.
      • m_KernelIsLinear

        protected boolean m_KernelIsLinear
        whether the kernel is a linear one
    • Constructor Detail

      • GaussianProcessesWeighted

        public GaussianProcessesWeighted()
        the default constructor
    • Method Detail

      • globalInfo

        public String globalInfo()
        Returns a string describing classifier
        Returns:
        a description suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getTechnicalInformation

        public weka.core.TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()
        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.
        Specified by:
        getTechnicalInformation in interface weka.core.TechnicalInformationHandler
        Returns:
        the technical information about this class
      • getCapabilities

        public weka.core.Capabilities getCapabilities()
        Returns default capabilities of the classifier.
        Specified by:
        getCapabilities in interface weka.core.CapabilitiesHandler
        Specified by:
        getCapabilities in interface weka.classifiers.Classifier
        Overrides:
        getCapabilities in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Returns:
        the capabilities of this classifier
      • buildClassifier

        public void buildClassifier​(weka.core.Instances insts)
                             throws Exception
        Method for building the classifier.
        Specified by:
        buildClassifier in interface weka.classifiers.Classifier
        Parameters:
        insts - the set of training instances
        Throws:
        Exception - if the classifier can't be built successfully
      • classifyInstance

        public double classifyInstance​(weka.core.Instance inst)
                                throws Exception
        Classifies a given instance.
        Specified by:
        classifyInstance in interface weka.classifiers.Classifier
        Overrides:
        classifyInstance in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Parameters:
        inst - the instance to be classified
        Returns:
        the classification
        Throws:
        Exception - if instance could not be classified successfully
      • predictIntervals

        public double[][] predictIntervals​(weka.core.Instance inst,
                                           double confidenceLevel)
                                    throws Exception
        Predicts a confidence interval for the given instance and confidence level.
        Specified by:
        predictIntervals in interface weka.classifiers.IntervalEstimator
        Parameters:
        inst - the instance to make the prediction for
        confidenceLevel - the percentage of cases the interval should cover
        Returns:
        a 1*2 array that contains the boundaries of the interval
        Throws:
        Exception - if interval could not be estimated successfully
      • getStandardDeviation

        public double getStandardDeviation​(weka.core.Instance inst)
                                    throws Exception
        Gives the variance of the prediction at the given instance
        Parameters:
        inst - the instance to get the variance for
        Returns:
        tha variance
        Throws:
        Exception - if computation fails
      • listOptions

        public Enumeration listOptions()
        Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
        Specified by:
        listOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        listOptions in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Returns:
        an enumeration of all the available options.
      • setOptions

        public void setOptions​(String[] options)
                        throws Exception
        Parses a given list of options.

        Valid options are:

         -D
          If set, classifier is run in debug mode and
          may output additional info to the console
         -L <double>
          Level of Gaussian Noise.
          (default: 1.0)
         -N
          Whether to 0=normalize/1=standardize/2=neither.
          (default: 0=normalize)
         -K <classname and parameters>
          The Kernel to use.
          (default: weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.PolyKernel)
         Options specific to kernel weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.RBFKernel:
         
         -D
          Enables debugging output (if available) to be printed.
          (default: off)
         -no-checks
          Turns off all checks - use with caution!
          (default: checks on)
         -C <num>
          The size of the cache (a prime number), 0 for full cache and
          -1 to turn it off.
          (default: 250007)
         -G <num>
          The Gamma parameter.
          (default: 0.01)
        Specified by:
        setOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        setOptions in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Parameters:
        options - the list of options as an array of strings
        Throws:
        Exception - if an option is not supported
      • getOptions

        public String[] getOptions()
        Gets the current settings of the classifier.
        Specified by:
        getOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        getOptions in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Returns:
        an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions
      • kernelTipText

        public String kernelTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getKernel

        public weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel getKernel()
        Gets the kernel to use.
        Returns:
        the kernel
      • setKernel

        public void setKernel​(weka.classifiers.functions.supportVector.Kernel value)
        Sets the kernel to use.
        Parameters:
        value - the new kernel
      • filterTypeTipText

        public String filterTypeTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getFilterType

        public weka.core.SelectedTag getFilterType()
        Gets how the training data will be transformed. Will be one of FILTER_NORMALIZE, FILTER_STANDARDIZE, FILTER_NONE.2200Instances
        Returns:
        the filtering mode
      • setFilterType

        public void setFilterType​(weka.core.SelectedTag newType)
        Sets how the training data will be transformed. Should be one of FILTER_NORMALIZE, FILTER_STANDARDIZE, FILTER_NONE.
        Parameters:
        newType - the new filtering mode
      • noiseTipText

        public String noiseTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getNoise

        public double getNoise()
        Get the value of noise.
        Returns:
        Value of noise.
      • setNoise

        public void setNoise​(double v)
        Set the level of Gaussian Noise.
        Parameters:
        v - Value to assign to noise.
      • toString

        public String toString()
        Prints out the classifier.
        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        a description of the classifier as a string
      • getRevision

        public String getRevision()
        Returns the revision string.
        Specified by:
        getRevision in interface weka.core.RevisionHandler
        Overrides:
        getRevision in class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
        Returns:
        the revision
      • main

        public static void main​(String[] argv)
        Main method for testing this class.
        Parameters:
        argv - the commandline parameters