weka.attributeSelection
Class ASSearch

java.lang.Object
  weka.attributeSelection.ASSearch

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, RevisionHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

BestFirst, GreedyStepwise, Ranker

public abstract class ASSearch
extends Object
implements Serializable, RevisionHandler

Abstract attribute selection search class.

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ASSearch()

Method Summary

static ASSearch	forName(String searchName, String[] options) Creates a new instance of a search class given it's class name and (optional) arguments to pass to it's setOptions method.
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
static ASSearch[]	makeCopies(ASSearch model, int num) Creates copies of the current search scheme.
abstract int[]	search(ASEvaluation ASEvaluator, Instances data) Searches the attribute subset/ranking space.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ASSearch

public ASSearch()

Method Detail

getRevision

public String getRevision()

Returns the revision string.

Specified by:

getRevision in interface RevisionHandler

Returns:

the revision

search

public abstract int[] search(ASEvaluation ASEvaluator,
                             Instances data)
                      throws Exception

Searches the attribute subset/ranking space.

Parameters:

ASEvaluator - the attribute evaluator to guide the search

data - the training instances.

Returns:

an array (not necessarily ordered) of selected attribute indexes

Throws:

Exception - if the search can't be completed

forName

public static ASSearch forName(String searchName,
                               String[] options)
                        throws Exception

Creates a new instance of a search class given it's class name and (optional) arguments to pass to it's setOptions method. If the search method implements OptionHandler and the options parameter is non-null, the search method will have it's options set.

Parameters:

searchName - the fully qualified class name of the search class

options - an array of options suitable for passing to setOptions. May be null.

Returns:

the newly created search object, ready for use.

Throws:

Exception - if the search class name is invalid, or the options supplied are not acceptable to the search class.

makeCopies

public static ASSearch[] makeCopies(ASSearch model,
                                    int num)
                             throws Exception

Creates copies of the current search scheme. Note that this method now uses Serialization to perform a deep copy, so the search object must be fully Serializable. Any currently built model will now be copied as well.

Parameters:

model - an example search scheme to copy

num - the number of search scheme copies to create.

Returns:

an array of search schemes.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs