Class Normalize

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, Sourcable, UnsupervisedFilter

    public class Normalize
    extends PotentialClassIgnorer
    implements UnsupervisedFilter, Sourcable, OptionHandler
    Normalizes all numeric values in the given dataset (apart from the class attribute, if set). The resulting values are by default in [0,1] for the data used to compute the normalization intervals. But with the scale and translation parameters one can change that, e.g., with scale = 2.0 and translation = -1.0 you get values in the range [-1,+1].

    Valid options are:

     -unset-class-temporarily
      Unsets the class index temporarily before the filter is
      applied to the data.
      (default: no)
     -S <num>
      The scaling factor for the output range.
      (default: 1.0)
     -T <num>
      The translation of the output range.
      (default: 0.0)
    Version:
    $Revision: 5543 $
    Author:
    Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz), FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Constructor Detail

      • Normalize

        public Normalize()
    • Method Detail

      • globalInfo

        public java.lang.String globalInfo()
        Returns a string describing this filter.
        Returns:
        a description of the filter suitable 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
        Overrides:
        listOptions in class PotentialClassIgnorer
        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:

         -unset-class-temporarily
          Unsets the class index temporarily before the filter is
          applied to the data.
          (default: no)
         -S <num>
          The scaling factor for the output range.
          (default: 1.0)
         -T <num>
          The translation of the output range.
          (default: 0.0)
        Specified by:
        setOptions in interface OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        setOptions in class PotentialClassIgnorer
        Parameters:
        options - the list of options as an array of strings
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported
      • setInputFormat

        public boolean setInputFormat​(Instances instanceInfo)
                               throws java.lang.Exception
        Sets the format of the input instances.
        Overrides:
        setInputFormat in class PotentialClassIgnorer
        Parameters:
        instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
        Returns:
        true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if the input format can't be set successfully
      • input

        public boolean input​(Instance instance)
                      throws java.lang.Exception
        Input an instance for filtering. Filter requires all training instances be read before producing output.
        Overrides:
        input in class Filter
        Parameters:
        instance - the input instance
        Returns:
        true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs
        java.lang.IllegalStateException - if no input format has been set.
      • batchFinished

        public boolean batchFinished()
                              throws java.lang.Exception
        Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished. If the filter requires all instances prior to filtering, output() may now be called to retrieve the filtered instances.
        Overrides:
        batchFinished in class Filter
        Returns:
        true if there are instances pending output
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs
        java.lang.IllegalStateException - if no input structure has been defined
      • toSource

        public java.lang.String toSource​(java.lang.String className,
                                         Instances data)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception
        Returns a string that describes the filter as source. The filter will be contained in a class with the given name (there may be auxiliary classes), and will contain two methods with these signatures:
        
         // converts one row
         public static Object[] filter(Object[] i);
         // converts a full dataset (first dimension is row index)
         public static Object[][] filter(Object[][] i);
         
        where the array i contains elements that are either Double, String, with missing values represented as null. The generated code is public domain and comes with no warranty.
        Specified by:
        toSource in interface Sourcable
        Parameters:
        className - the name that should be given to the source class.
        data - the dataset used for initializing the filter
        Returns:
        the object source described by a string
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception - if the source can't be computed
      • getMinArray

        public double[] getMinArray()
        Returns the calculated minimum values for the attributes in the data.
        Returns:
        the array with the minimum values
      • getMaxArray

        public double[] getMaxArray()
        Returns the calculated maximum values for the attributes in the data.
        Returns:
        the array with the maximum values
      • scaleTipText

        public java.lang.String scaleTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property.
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getScale

        public double getScale()
        Get the scaling factor.
        Returns:
        the factor
      • setScale

        public void setScale​(double value)
        Sets the scaling factor.
        Parameters:
        value - the scaling factor
      • translationTipText

        public java.lang.String translationTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property.
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
      • getTranslation

        public double getTranslation()
        Get the translation.
        Returns:
        the translation
      • setTranslation

        public void setTranslation​(double value)
        Sets the translation.
        Parameters:
        value - the translation
      • main

        public static void main​(java.lang.String[] args)
        Main method for running this filter.
        Parameters:
        args - should contain arguments to the filter, use -h for help