weka.core.neighboursearch

Class NearestNeighbourSearch

java.lang.Object

weka.core.neighboursearch.NearestNeighbourSearch

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, AdditionalMeasureProducer, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

BallTree, CoverTree, KDTree, LinearNNSearch

public abstract class NearestNeighbourSearch
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable, OptionHandler, AdditionalMeasureProducer, RevisionHandler

Abstract class for nearest neighbour search. All algorithms (classes) that do nearest neighbour search should extend this class.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Ashraf M. Kibriya (amk14[at-the-rate]cs[dot]waikato[dot]ac[dot]nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NearestNeighbourSearch() Constructor.
NearestNeighbourSearch(Instances insts) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addInstanceInfo(Instance ins) Adds information from the given instance without modifying the datastructure a lot.
static void	combSort11(double[] arrayToSort, int[] linkedArray) sorts the two given arrays.
java.lang.String	distanceFunctionTipText() Returns the tip text for this property.
java.util.Enumeration	enumerateMeasures() Returns an enumeration of the additional measure names.
DistanceFunction	getDistanceFunction() returns the distance function currently in use.
abstract double[]	getDistances() Returns the distances of the k nearest neighbours.
Instances	getInstances() returns the instances currently set.
double	getMeasure(java.lang.String additionalMeasureName) Returns the value of the named measure.
boolean	getMeasurePerformance() Gets whether performance statistics are being calculated or not.
java.lang.String[]	getOptions() Gets the current settings.
PerformanceStats	getPerformanceStats() Gets the class object that contains the performance statistics of the search method.
java.lang.String	globalInfo() Returns a string describing this nearest neighbour search algorithm.
abstract Instances	kNearestNeighbours(Instance target, int k) Returns k nearest instances in the current neighbourhood to the supplied instance.
java.util.Enumeration	listOptions() Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
java.lang.String	measurePerformanceTipText() Returns the tip text for this property.
abstract Instance	nearestNeighbour(Instance target) Returns the nearest instance in the current neighbourhood to the supplied instance.
static void	quickSort(double[] arrayToSort, double[] linkedArray, int left, int right) performs quicksort.
void	setDistanceFunction(DistanceFunction df) sets the distance function to use for nearest neighbour search.
void	setInstances(Instances insts) Sets the instances.
void	setMeasurePerformance(boolean measurePerformance) Sets whether to calculate the performance statistics or not.
void	setOptions(java.lang.String[] options) Parses a given list of options.
abstract void	update(Instance ins) Updates the NearNeighbourSearch algorithm for the new added instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface weka.core.RevisionHandler

getRevision

Constructor Detail

NearestNeighbourSearch

public NearestNeighbourSearch()

Constructor.

NearestNeighbourSearch

public NearestNeighbourSearch(Instances insts)

Constructor.

Parameters:

insts - The set of instances that constitute the neighbourhood.

Method Detail

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()

Returns a string describing this nearest neighbour search algorithm.

Returns:

a description of the algorithm for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

listOptions

public java.util.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(java.lang.String[] options)
                throws java.lang.Exception

Parses a given list of options. Valid options are:

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

Parameters:

options - the list of options as an array of strings

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported

getOptions

public java.lang.String[] getOptions()

Gets the current settings.

Specified by:

getOptions in interface OptionHandler

Returns:

an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions()

distanceFunctionTipText

public java.lang.String distanceFunctionTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property.

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getDistanceFunction

public DistanceFunction getDistanceFunction()

returns the distance function currently in use.

Returns:

the distance function

setDistanceFunction

public void setDistanceFunction(DistanceFunction df)
                         throws java.lang.Exception

sets the distance function to use for nearest neighbour search.

Parameters:

df - the new distance function to use

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if instances cannot be processed

measurePerformanceTipText

public java.lang.String measurePerformanceTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property.

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getMeasurePerformance

public boolean getMeasurePerformance()

Gets whether performance statistics are being calculated or not.

Returns:

true if the measure performance is calculated

setMeasurePerformance

public void setMeasurePerformance(boolean measurePerformance)

Sets whether to calculate the performance statistics or not.

Parameters:

measurePerformance - if true then the performance is calculated

nearestNeighbour

public abstract Instance nearestNeighbour(Instance target)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Returns the nearest instance in the current neighbourhood to the supplied instance.

Parameters:

target - The instance to find the nearest neighbour for.

Returns:

the nearest neighbor

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the nearest neighbour could not be found.

kNearestNeighbours

public abstract Instances kNearestNeighbours(Instance target,
                                             int k)
                                      throws java.lang.Exception

Returns k nearest instances in the current neighbourhood to the supplied instance.

Parameters:

target - The instance to find the k nearest neighbours for.

k - The number of nearest neighbours to find.

Returns:

the k nearest neighbors

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the neighbours could not be found.

getDistances

public abstract double[] getDistances()
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Returns the distances of the k nearest neighbours. The kNearestNeighbours or nearestNeighbour needs to be called first for this to work.

Returns:

the distances

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if called before calling kNearestNeighbours or nearestNeighbours.

update

public abstract void update(Instance ins)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Updates the NearNeighbourSearch algorithm for the new added instance. P.S.: The method assumes the instance has already been added to the m_Instances object by the caller.

Parameters:

ins - the instance to add

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if updating fails

addInstanceInfo

public void addInstanceInfo(Instance ins)

Adds information from the given instance without modifying the datastructure a lot.

Parameters:

ins - the instance to add the information from

setInstances

public void setInstances(Instances insts)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

Sets the instances.

Parameters:

insts - the instances to use

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if setting fails

getInstances

public Instances getInstances()

returns the instances currently set.

Returns:

the current instances

getPerformanceStats

public PerformanceStats getPerformanceStats()

Gets the class object that contains the performance statistics of the search method.

Returns:

the performance statistics

enumerateMeasures

public java.util.Enumeration enumerateMeasures()

Returns an enumeration of the additional measure names.

Specified by:

enumerateMeasures in interface AdditionalMeasureProducer

Returns:

an enumeration of the measure names

getMeasure

public double getMeasure(java.lang.String additionalMeasureName)

Returns the value of the named measure.

Specified by:

getMeasure in interface AdditionalMeasureProducer

Parameters:

additionalMeasureName - the name of the measure to query for its value

Returns:

the value of the named measure

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the named measure is not supported

combSort11

public static void combSort11(double[] arrayToSort,
                              int[] linkedArray)

sorts the two given arrays.

Parameters:

arrayToSort - The array sorting should be based on.

linkedArray - The array that should have the same ordering as arrayToSort.

quickSort

public static void quickSort(double[] arrayToSort,
                             double[] linkedArray,
                             int left,
                             int right)

performs quicksort.

Parameters:

arrayToSort - the array to sort

linkedArray - the linked array

left - the first index of the subset

right - the last index of the subset