Package weka.filters.supervised.attribute

Class NominalToBinary

java.lang.Object
weka.filters.Filter
weka.filters.supervised.attribute.NominalToBinary
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler, SupervisedFilter
public class NominalToBinary extends Filter implements SupervisedFilter, OptionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler
Converts all nominal attributes into binary numeric attributes. An attribute with k values is transformed into k binary attributes if the class is nominal (using the one-attribute-per-value approach). Binary attributes are left binary, if option '-A' is not given.If the class is numeric, k - 1 new binary attributes are generated in the manner described in "Classification and Regression Trees" by Breiman et al. (i.e. taking the average class value associated with each attribute value into account)

For more information, see:

L. Breiman, J.H. Friedman, R.A. Olshen, C.J. Stone (1984). Classification and Regression Trees. Wadsworth Inc.

BibTeX: 

 @book{Breiman1984,
    author = {L. Breiman and J.H. Friedman and R.A. Olshen and C.J. Stone},
    publisher = {Wadsworth Inc},
    title = {Classification and Regression Trees},
    year = {1984},
    ISBN = {0412048418}
 }

Valid options are: 

 -N
  Sets if binary attributes are to be coded as nominal ones.
 -A
  For each nominal value a new attribute is created, 
  not only if there are more than 2 values.
Version:
$Revision: 8094 $
Author:
Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • NominalToBinary

      public NominalToBinary()

  • Method Details

    • globalInfo

      public String globalInfo()
      Returns a string describing this filter
      Returns:
      a description of the filter suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getTechnicalInformation

      public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()
      Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.
      Specified by:
      getTechnicalInformation in interface TechnicalInformationHandler
      Returns:
      the technical information about this class

    • getCapabilities

      public Capabilities getCapabilities()
      Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
      Specified by:
      getCapabilities in interface CapabilitiesHandler
      Overrides:
      getCapabilities in class Filter
      Returns:
      the capabilities of this object
      See Also:

    • setInputFormat

      public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception
      Sets the format of the input instances.
      Overrides:
      setInputFormat in class Filter
      Parameters:
      instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
      Returns:
      true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
      Throws:
      Exception - if the input format can't be set successfully

    • input

      public boolean input(Instance instance)
      Input an instance for filtering. Filter requires all training instances be read before producing output.
      Overrides:
      input in class Filter
      Parameters:
      instance - the input instance
      Returns:
      true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if no input format has been set

    • batchFinished

      public boolean batchFinished()
      Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished. If the filter requires all instances prior to filtering, output() may now be called to retrieve the filtered instances.
      Overrides:
      batchFinished in class Filter
      Returns:
      true if there are instances pending output
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if no input structure has been defined

    • listOptions

      public Enumeration listOptions()
      Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
      Specified by:
      listOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Returns:
      an enumeration of all the available options.

    • setOptions

      public void setOptions(String[] options) throws Exception
      Parses a given list of options.

      Valid options are: 

       -N
  Sets if binary attributes are to be coded as nominal ones.
       -A
  For each nominal value a new attribute is created, 
  not only if there are more than 2 values.
      Specified by:
      setOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Parameters:
      options - the list of options as an array of strings
      Throws:
      Exception - if an option is not supported

    • getOptions

      public String[] getOptions()
      Gets the current settings of the filter.
      Specified by:
      getOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Returns:
      an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

    • binaryAttributesNominalTipText

      public String binaryAttributesNominalTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property
      Returns:
      tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getBinaryAttributesNominal

      public boolean getBinaryAttributesNominal()
      Gets if binary attributes are to be treated as nominal ones.
      Returns:
      true if binary attributes are to be treated as nominal ones

    • setBinaryAttributesNominal

      public void setBinaryAttributesNominal(boolean bool)
      Sets if binary attributes are to be treates as nominal ones.
      Parameters:
      bool - true if binary attributes are to be treated as nominal ones

    • transformAllValuesTipText

      public String transformAllValuesTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property
      Returns:
      tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getTransformAllValues

      public boolean getTransformAllValues()
      Gets if all nominal values are turned into new attributes, not only if there are more than 2.
      Returns:
      true all nominal values are transformed into new attributes

    • setTransformAllValues

      public void setTransformAllValues(boolean bool)
      Sets whether all nominal values are transformed into new attributes, not just if there are more than 2.
      Parameters:
      bool - true if all nominal value are transformed into new attributes

    • getRevision

      public String getRevision()
      Returns the revision string.
      Specified by:
      getRevision in interface RevisionHandler
      Overrides:
      getRevision in class Filter
      Returns:
      the revision

    • main

      public static void main(String[] argv)
      Main method for testing this class.
      Parameters:
      argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help