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package com.rapidminer.operator.features.selection;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.ExampleSet;
import com.rapidminer.example.set.AttributeWeightedExampleSet;
import com.rapidminer.operator.features.Individual;
import com.rapidminer.operator.features.IndividualOperator;
/**
* This PopulationOperator realises forward selection, i.e. creates a list of
* clones of each individual and switches on one attribute in each of the
* clones.
*
* @author Simon Fischer, Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: ForwardSelection.java,v 1.3 2008/05/09 19:23:18 ingomierswa Exp $
*/
public class ForwardSelection extends IndividualOperator {
private ExampleSet original;
public ForwardSelection(ExampleSet original) {
this.original = original;
}
public List<Individual> operate(Individual individual) {
AttributeWeightedExampleSet exampleSet = individual.getExampleSet();
List<Individual> l = new LinkedList<Individual>();
for (Attribute attribute : original.getAttributes()) {
if (!exampleSet.getAttributes().contains(attribute)) {
AttributeWeightedExampleSet nes = (AttributeWeightedExampleSet) exampleSet.clone();
nes.getAttributes().addRegular(attribute);
l.add(new Individual(nes));
}
}
return l;
}
}