ScaleDoesntMatterTest.java

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package opennlp.maxent;

import java.io.StringReader;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

import opennlp.model.EventStream;
import opennlp.model.MaxentModel;
import opennlp.model.OnePassRealValueDataIndexer;
import opennlp.model.RealValueFileEventStream;

public class ScaleDoesntMatterTest extends TestCase {

  /**
   * This test sets out to prove that the scale you use on real valued
   * predicates doesn't matter when it comes the probability assigned to each
   * outcome. Strangely, if we use (1,2) and (10,20) there's no difference. If
   * we use (0.1,0.2) and (10,20) there is a difference.
   * 
   * @throws Exception
   */
  public void testScaleResults() throws Exception {
    String smallValues = "predA=0.1 predB=0.2 A\n" + "predB=0.3 predA=0.1 B\n";

    String smallTest = "predA=0.2 predB=0.2";

    String largeValues = "predA=10 predB=20 A\n" + "predB=30 predA=10 B\n";

    String largeTest = "predA=20 predB=20";

    StringReader smallReader = new StringReader(smallValues);
    EventStream smallEventStream = new RealBasicEventStream(
        new PlainTextByLineDataStream(smallReader));

    MaxentModel smallModel = GIS.trainModel(100,
        new OnePassRealValueDataIndexer(smallEventStream, 0), false);
    String[] contexts = smallTest.split(" ");
    float[] values = RealValueFileEventStream.parseContexts(contexts);
    double[] smallResults = smallModel.eval(contexts, values);

    String smallResultString = smallModel.getAllOutcomes(smallResults);
    System.out.println("smallResults: " + smallResultString);

    StringReader largeReader = new StringReader(largeValues);
    EventStream largeEventStream = new RealBasicEventStream(
        new PlainTextByLineDataStream(largeReader));

    MaxentModel largeModel = GIS.trainModel(100,
        new OnePassRealValueDataIndexer(largeEventStream, 0), false);
    contexts = largeTest.split(" ");
    values = RealValueFileEventStream.parseContexts(contexts);
    double[] largeResults = largeModel.eval(contexts, values);

    String largeResultString = smallModel.getAllOutcomes(largeResults);
    System.out.println("largeResults: " + largeResultString);

    assertEquals(smallResults.length, largeResults.length);
    for (int i = 0; i < smallResults.length; i++) {
      System.out.println(String.format(
          "classifiy with smallModel: %1$s = %2$f", smallModel.getOutcome(i),
          smallResults[i]));
      System.out.println(String.format(
          "classifiy with largeModel: %1$s = %2$f", largeModel.getOutcome(i),
          largeResults[i]));
      assertEquals(smallResults[i], largeResults[i], 0.01f);
    }
  }
}