normalestimator.java

一个数据挖掘软件ALPHAMINERR的整个过程的JAVA版源代码

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/*
 *    NormalEstimator.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999 Len Trigg
 *
 */

package weka.estimators;

import weka.core.Statistics;
import weka.core.Utils;

/** 
 * Simple probability estimator that places a single normal distribution
 * over the observed values.
 *
 * @author Len Trigg ([e-mail])
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class NormalEstimator implements Estimator {

  /** The sum of the weights */
  private double m_SumOfWeights;

  /** The sum of the values seen */
  private double m_SumOfValues;

  /** The sum of the values squared */
  private double m_SumOfValuesSq;

  /** The current mean */
  private double m_Mean;

  /** The current standard deviation */
  private double m_StandardDev;

  /** The precision of numeric values ( = minimum std dev permitted) */
  private double m_Precision;

  /**
   * Round a data value using the defined precision for this estimator
   *
   * @param data the value to round
   * @return the rounded data value
   */
  private double round(double data) {

    return Math.rint(data / m_Precision) * m_Precision;
  }

  
  // ===============
  // Public methods.
  // ===============
  
  /**
   * Constructor that takes a precision argument.
   *
   * @param precision the precision to which numeric values are given. For
   * example, if the precision is stated to be 0.1, the values in the
   * interval (0.25,0.35] are all treated as 0.3. 
   */
  public NormalEstimator(double precision) {

    m_Precision = precision;

    // Allow at most 3 sd's within one interval
    m_StandardDev = m_Precision / (2 * 3);
  }

  /**
   * Add a new data value to the current estimator.
   *
   * @param data the new data value 
   * @param weight the weight assigned to the data value 
   */
  public void addValue(double data, double weight) {

    if (weight == 0) {
      return;
    }
    data = round(data);
    m_SumOfWeights += weight;
    m_SumOfValues += data * weight;
    m_SumOfValuesSq += data * data * weight;

    if (m_SumOfWeights > 0) {
      m_Mean = m_SumOfValues / m_SumOfWeights;
      double stdDev = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(m_SumOfValuesSq 
					  - m_Mean * m_SumOfValues) 
					 / m_SumOfWeights);
      // If the stdDev ~= 0, we really have no idea of scale yet, 
      // so stick with the default. Otherwise...
      if (stdDev > 1e-10) {
	m_StandardDev = Math.max(m_Precision / (2 * 3), 
				 // allow at most 3sd's within one interval 
				 stdDev);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get a probability estimate for a value
   *
   * @param data the value to estimate the probability of
   * @return the estimated probability of the supplied value
   */
  public double getProbability(double data) {

    data = round(data);
    double zLower = (data - m_Mean - (m_Precision / 2)) / m_StandardDev;
    double zUpper = (data - m_Mean + (m_Precision / 2)) / m_StandardDev;
    
    double pLower = Statistics.normalProbability(zLower);
    double pUpper = Statistics.normalProbability(zUpper);
    return pUpper - pLower;
  }

  /**
   * Display a representation of this estimator
   */
  public String toString() {

    return "Normal Distribution. Mean = " + Utils.doubleToString(m_Mean, 4)
      + " StandardDev = " + Utils.doubleToString(m_StandardDev, 4)
      + " WeightSum = " + Utils.doubleToString(m_SumOfWeights, 4)
      + " Precision = " + m_Precision + "\n";
  }

  /**
   * Main method for testing this class.
   *
   * @param argv should contain a sequence of numeric values
   */
  public static void main(String [] argv) {

    try {

      if (argv.length == 0) {
	System.out.println("Please specify a set of instances.");
	return;
      }
      NormalEstimator newEst = new NormalEstimator(0.01);
      for(int i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
	double current = Double.valueOf(argv[i]).doubleValue();
	System.out.println(newEst);
	System.out.println("Prediction for " + current 
			   + " = " + newEst.getProbability(current));
	newEst.addValue(current, 1);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}