Package weka.classifiers.bayes
Class NaiveBayesSimple
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- weka.classifiers.Classifier
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- weka.classifiers.bayes.NaiveBayesSimple
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
,java.lang.Cloneable
,CapabilitiesHandler
,OptionHandler
,RevisionHandler
,TechnicalInformationHandler
public class NaiveBayesSimple extends Classifier implements TechnicalInformationHandler
Class for building and using a simple Naive Bayes classifier.Numeric attributes are modelled by a normal distribution.
For more information, see
Richard Duda, Peter Hart (1973). Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis. Wiley, New York. BibTeX:@book{Duda1973, address = {New York}, author = {Richard Duda and Peter Hart}, publisher = {Wiley}, title = {Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis}, year = {1973} }
Valid options are:-D If set, classifier is run in debug mode and may output additional info to the console
- Version:
- $Revision: 5516 $
- Author:
- Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor Description NaiveBayesSimple()
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description void
buildClassifier(Instances instances)
Generates the classifier.double[]
distributionForInstance(Instance instance)
Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance.Capabilities
getCapabilities()
Returns default capabilities of the classifier.java.lang.String
getRevision()
Returns the revision string.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.java.lang.String
globalInfo()
Returns a string describing this classifierstatic void
main(java.lang.String[] argv)
Main method for testing this class.java.lang.String
toString()
Returns a description of the classifier.-
Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.Classifier
classifyInstance, debugTipText, forName, getDebug, getOptions, listOptions, makeCopies, makeCopy, setDebug, setOptions
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Method Detail
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globalInfo
public java.lang.String globalInfo()
Returns a string describing this classifier- Returns:
- a description of the classifier suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
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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 interfaceTechnicalInformationHandler
- Returns:
- the technical information about this class
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getCapabilities
public Capabilities getCapabilities()
Returns default capabilities of the classifier.- Specified by:
getCapabilities
in interfaceCapabilitiesHandler
- Overrides:
getCapabilities
in classClassifier
- Returns:
- the capabilities of this classifier
- See Also:
Capabilities
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buildClassifier
public void buildClassifier(Instances instances) throws java.lang.Exception
Generates the classifier.- Specified by:
buildClassifier
in classClassifier
- Parameters:
instances
- set of instances serving as training data- Throws:
java.lang.Exception
- if the classifier has not been generated successfully
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distributionForInstance
public double[] distributionForInstance(Instance instance) throws java.lang.Exception
Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance.- Overrides:
distributionForInstance
in classClassifier
- Parameters:
instance
- the instance to be classified- Returns:
- predicted class probability distribution
- Throws:
java.lang.Exception
- if distribution can't be computed
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toString
public java.lang.String toString()
Returns a description of the classifier.- Overrides:
toString
in classjava.lang.Object
- Returns:
- a description of the classifier as a string.
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getRevision
public java.lang.String getRevision()
Returns the revision string.- Specified by:
getRevision
in interfaceRevisionHandler
- Overrides:
getRevision
in classClassifier
- Returns:
- the revision
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main
public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)
Main method for testing this class.- Parameters:
argv
- the options
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