# learnDT.py - Learning a binary decision tree # AIFCA Python3 code Version 0.8.6 Documentation at http://aipython.org # Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents # http://artint.info # Copyright David L Poole and Alan K Mackworth 2017-2020. # This work is licensed under a Creative Commons # Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. # See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en from learnProblem import Learner, error_example from learnNoInputs import point_prediction, target_counts, selections import math class DT_learner(Learner): def __init__(self, dataset, to_optimize="sum-of-squares", leaf_selection="mean", # what to use for point prediction at leaves train=None, # used for cross validation min_number_examples=10): self.dataset = dataset self.target = dataset.target self.to_optimize = to_optimize self.leaf_selection = leaf_selection self.min_number_examples = min_number_examples if train is None: self.train = self.dataset.train else: self.train = train def learn(self): return self.learn_tree(self.dataset.input_features, self.train) def learn_tree(self, input_features, data_subset): """returns a decision tree for input_features is a set of possible conditions data_subset is a subset of the data used to build this (sub)tree where a decision tree is a function that takes an example and makes a prediction on the target feature """ if (input_features and len(data_subset) >= self.min_number_examples): first_target_val = self.target(data_subset[0]) allagree = all(self.target(inst)==first_target_val for inst in data_subset) if not allagree: split, partn = self.select_split(input_features, data_subset) if split: # the split succeeded in splitting the data false_examples, true_examples = partn rem_features = [fe for fe in input_features if fe != split] self.display(2,"Splitting on",split.__doc__,"with examples split", len(true_examples),":",len(false_examples)) true_tree = self.learn_tree(rem_features,true_examples) false_tree = self.learn_tree(rem_features,false_examples) def fun(e): if split(e): return true_tree(e) else: return false_tree(e) #fun = lambda e: true_tree(e) if split(e) else false_tree(e) fun.__doc__ = ("if "+split.__doc__+" then ("+true_tree.__doc__+ ") else ("+false_tree.__doc__+")") return fun # don't expand the trees but return a point prediction return point_prediction(self.target, data_subset, selection=self.leaf_selection) def select_split(self, input_features, data_subset): """finds best feature to split on. input_features is a non-empty list of features. returns feature, partition where feature is an input feature with the smallest error as judged by to_optimize or feature==None if there are no splits that improve the error partition is a pair (false_examples, true_examples) if feature is not None """ best_feat = None # best feature # best_error = float("inf") # infinity - more than any error best_error = training_error(self.dataset, data_subset, self.to_optimize) best_partition = None for feat in input_features: false_examples, true_examples = partition(data_subset,feat) if false_examples and true_examples: #both partitons are non-empty err = (training_error(self.dataset,false_examples,self.to_optimize) + training_error(self.dataset,true_examples,self.to_optimize)) self.display(3," split on",feat.__doc__,"has err=",err, "splits into",len(true_examples),":",len(false_examples)) if err < best_error: best_feat = feat best_error=err best_partition = false_examples, true_examples self.display(3,"best split is on",best_feat.__doc__, "with err=",best_error) return best_feat, best_partition def partition(data_subset,feature): """partitions the data_subset by the feature""" true_examples = [] false_examples = [] for example in data_subset: if feature(example): true_examples.append(example) else: false_examples.append(example) return false_examples, true_examples def training_error(dataset, data_subset, to_optimize): """returns training error for dataset on to_optimize. This assumes that we choose the best value for the optimization criteria for dataset according to point_prediction """ select_dict = {"sum-of-squares":"mean", "sum_absolute":"median", "logloss":"Laplace"} # arbitrary mapping. Perhaps wrong. selection = select_dict[to_optimize] predictor = point_prediction(dataset.target, data_subset, selection=selection) error = sum(error_example(predictor(example), dataset.target(example), to_optimize) for example in data_subset) return error from learnProblem import Data_set, Data_from_file def test(data): """Prints errors and the trees for various evaluation criteria and ways to select leaves. """ for crit in Data_set.evaluation_criteria: for leaf in selections: tree = DT_learner(data, to_optimize=crit, leaf_selection=leaf).learn() print("For",crit,"using",leaf,"at leaves, tree built is:",tree.__doc__) if data.test: for ecrit in Data_set.evaluation_criteria: test_error = data.evaluate_dataset(data.test, tree, ecrit) print(" Average error for", ecrit,"using",leaf, "at leaves is", test_error) if __name__ == "__main__": #print("carbool.csv"); test(data = Data_from_file('data/carbool.csv', target_index=-1)) # print("SPECT.csv"); test(data = Data_from_file('data/SPECT.csv', target_index=0)) print("mail_reading.csv"); test(data = Data_from_file('data/mail_reading.csv', target_index=-1)) # print("holiday.csv"); test(data = Data_from_file('data/holiday.csv', num_train=19, target_index=-1))