Package weka.classifiers.bayes.net.search.local

Class HillClimber

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    LAGDHillClimber, RepeatedHillClimber, TabuSearch
    public class HillClimber
extends LocalScoreSearchAlgorithm
    This Bayes Network learning algorithm uses a hill climbing algorithm adding, deleting and reversing arcs. The search is not restricted by an order on the variables (unlike K2). The difference with B and B2 is that this hill climber also considers arrows part of the naive Bayes structure for deletion.

    Valid options are: 

     -P <nr of parents>
  Maximum number of parents
     -R
  Use arc reversal operation.
  (default false)
     -N
  Initial structure is empty (instead of Naive Bayes)
     -mbc
  Applies a Markov Blanket correction to the network structure, 
  after a network structure is learned. This ensures that all 
  nodes in the network are part of the Markov blanket of the 
  classifier node.
     -S [BAYES|MDL|ENTROPY|AIC|CROSS_CLASSIC|CROSS_BAYES]
  Score type (BAYES, BDeu, MDL, ENTROPY and AIC)
    Version:
    $Revision: 1.9 $
    Author:
    Remco Bouckaert (rrb@xm.co.nz)
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Constructor Detail

      • HillClimber

        public HillClimber()

    • Method Detail

      • setMaxNrOfParents

        public void setMaxNrOfParents​(int nMaxNrOfParents)
        Sets the max number of parents
        Parameters:
        nMaxNrOfParents - the max number of parents

      • getMaxNrOfParents

        public int getMaxNrOfParents()
        Gets the max number of parents.
        Returns:
        the max number of parents

      • setOptions

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

        Valid options are: 

         -P <nr of parents>
  Maximum number of parents
         -R
  Use arc reversal operation.
  (default false)
         -N
  Initial structure is empty (instead of Naive Bayes)
         -mbc
  Applies a Markov Blanket correction to the network structure, 
  after a network structure is learned. This ensures that all 
  nodes in the network are part of the Markov blanket of the 
  classifier node.
         -S [BAYES|MDL|ENTROPY|AIC|CROSS_CLASSIC|CROSS_BAYES]
  Score type (BAYES, BDeu, MDL, ENTROPY and AIC)
        Specified by:
        setOptions in interface OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        setOptions in class LocalScoreSearchAlgorithm
        Parameters:
        options - the list of options as an array of strings
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported

      • setInitAsNaiveBayes

        public void setInitAsNaiveBayes​(boolean bInitAsNaiveBayes)
        Sets whether to init as naive bayes
        Parameters:
        bInitAsNaiveBayes - whether to init as naive bayes

      • getInitAsNaiveBayes

        public boolean getInitAsNaiveBayes()
        Gets whether to init as naive bayes
        Returns:
        whether to init as naive bayes

      • getUseArcReversal

        public boolean getUseArcReversal()
        get use the arc reversal operation
        Returns:
        whether the arc reversal operation should be used

      • setUseArcReversal

        public void setUseArcReversal​(boolean bUseArcReversal)
        set use the arc reversal operation
        Parameters:
        bUseArcReversal - whether the arc reversal operation should be used

      • globalInfo

        public java.lang.String globalInfo()
        This will return a string describing the search algorithm.
        Overrides:
        globalInfo in class LocalScoreSearchAlgorithm
        Returns:
        The string.

      • useArcReversalTipText

        public java.lang.String useArcReversalTipText()
        Returns:
        a string to describe the Use Arc Reversal option.