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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.tree;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import com.rapidminer.example.ExampleSet;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorCapability;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorDescription;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorException;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterType;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeBoolean;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeDouble;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeInt;
/**
* <p>
* This operator learns decision trees from both nominal and numerical data. Decision trees are
* powerful classification methods which often can also easily be understood. This decision tree
* learner works similar to Quinlan's C4.5 or CART.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* The actual type of the tree is determined by the criterion, e.g. using gain_ratio or Gini for
* CART / C4.5.
* </p>
*
* @rapidminer.index C4.5
* @rapidminer.index CART
*
* @deprecated Use {@link ParallelDecisionTreeLearner} instead
*
* @author Sebastian Land, Ingo Mierswa
*/
@Deprecated
public class DecisionTreeLearner extends AbstractTreeLearner {
/** The parameter name for the maximum tree depth. */
public static final String PARAMETER_MAXIMAL_DEPTH = "maximal_depth";
/** The parameter name for "The confidence level used for pruning." */
public static final String PARAMETER_CONFIDENCE = "confidence";
/** The parameter name for "Disables the pruning and delivers an unpruned tree." */
public static final String PARAMETER_NO_PRUNING = "no_pruning";
public static final String PARAMETER_NO_PRE_PRUNING = "no_pre_pruning";
public static final String PARAMETER_NUMBER_OF_PREPRUNING_ALTERNATIVES = "number_of_prepruning_alternatives";
public DecisionTreeLearner(OperatorDescription description) {
super(description);
}
@Override
public Pruner getPruner() throws OperatorException {
if (!getParameterAsBoolean(PARAMETER_NO_PRUNING)) {
return new PessimisticPruner(getParameterAsDouble(PARAMETER_CONFIDENCE), new DecisionTreeLeafCreator());
} else {
return null;
}
}
@Override
public List<Terminator> getTerminationCriteria(ExampleSet exampleSet) throws OperatorException {
List<Terminator> result = new LinkedList<>();
result.add(new SingleLabelTermination());
result.add(new NoAttributeLeftTermination());
result.add(new EmptyTermination());
int maxDepth = getParameterAsInt(PARAMETER_MAXIMAL_DEPTH);
if (maxDepth <= 0) {
maxDepth = exampleSet.size();
}
result.add(new MaxDepthTermination(maxDepth));
return result;
}
@Override
public boolean supportsCapability(OperatorCapability capability) {
switch (capability) {
case BINOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES:
case POLYNOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES:
case NUMERICAL_ATTRIBUTES:
case POLYNOMINAL_LABEL:
case BINOMINAL_LABEL:
case WEIGHTED_EXAMPLES:
case MISSING_VALUES:
return true;
default:
return false;
}
}
@Override
protected TreeBuilder getTreeBuilder(ExampleSet exampleSet) throws OperatorException {
return new TreeBuilder(createCriterion(getParameterAsDouble(PARAMETER_MINIMAL_GAIN)),
getTerminationCriteria(exampleSet), getPruner(), getSplitPreprocessing(), new DecisionTreeLeafCreator(),
getParameterAsBoolean(PARAMETER_NO_PRE_PRUNING),
getParameterAsInt(PARAMETER_NUMBER_OF_PREPRUNING_ALTERNATIVES),
getParameterAsInt(PARAMETER_MINIMAL_SIZE_FOR_SPLIT), getParameterAsInt(PARAMETER_MINIMAL_LEAF_SIZE));
}
@Override
public List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes() {
List<ParameterType> types = super.getParameterTypes();
ParameterType type = new ParameterTypeInt(PARAMETER_MAXIMAL_DEPTH, "The maximum tree depth (-1: no bound)", -1,
Integer.MAX_VALUE, 20);
type.setExpert(false);
types.add(type);
type = new ParameterTypeDouble(PARAMETER_CONFIDENCE,
"The confidence level used for the pessimistic error calculation of pruning.", 0.0000001, 0.5, 0.25);
type.setExpert(false);
types.add(type);
types.add(new ParameterTypeInt(PARAMETER_NUMBER_OF_PREPRUNING_ALTERNATIVES,
"The number of alternative nodes tried when prepruning would prevent a split.", 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 3));
types.add(new ParameterTypeBoolean(PARAMETER_NO_PRE_PRUNING,
"Disables the pre pruning and delivers a tree without any prepruning.", false));
types.add(new ParameterTypeBoolean(PARAMETER_NO_PRUNING, "Disables the pruning and delivers an unpruned tree.",
false));
return types;
}
}