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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.tree;
import com.rapidminer.example.set.SplittedExampleSet;
/**
* This criterion implements the well known information gain in
* order to calculate the benefit of a split. The information gain
* is defined as the change in entropy from a prior state to a
* state that takes some information as given:
*
* IG(E_x,a) = H(E_x) − H(E_x | a)
*
* @author Sebastian Land, Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: InfoGainCriterion.java,v 1.6 2008/05/09 19:22:52 ingomierswa Exp $
*/
public class InfoGainCriterion extends AbstractCriterion {
private static double LOG_FACTOR = 1d / Math.log(2);
private FrequencyCalculator calculator = new FrequencyCalculator();
public double getBenefit(SplittedExampleSet exampleSet) {
double[] totalWeights = calculator.getLabelWeights(exampleSet);
double totalWeight = calculator.getTotalWeight(totalWeights);
double totalEntropy = getEntropy(totalWeights, totalWeight);
double gain = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < exampleSet.getNumberOfSubsets(); i++) {
exampleSet.selectSingleSubset(i);
double[] partitionWeights = calculator.getLabelWeights(exampleSet);
double partitionWeight = calculator.getTotalWeight(partitionWeights);
gain += getEntropy(partitionWeights, partitionWeight) * partitionWeight / totalWeight;
}
return totalEntropy - gain;
}
public double getEntropy(double[] labelWeights, double totalWeight) {
double entropy = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < labelWeights.length; i++) {
if (labelWeights[i] > 0) {
double proportion = labelWeights[i] / totalWeight;
entropy -= (Math.log(proportion) * LOG_FACTOR) * proportion;
}
}
return entropy;
}
public boolean supportsIncrementalCalculation() {
return true;
}
public double getIncrementalBenefit() {
double totalEntropy = getEntropy(totalLabelWeights, totalWeight);
double gain = getEntropy(leftLabelWeights, leftWeight) * leftWeight / totalWeight;
gain += getEntropy(rightLabelWeights, rightWeight) * rightWeight / totalWeight;
return totalEntropy - gain;
}
}