Vote (3.7)

Class for combining classifiers

Different combinations of probability estimates for classification are available.

For more information see:

Ludmila I.Kuncheva (2004).

Combining Pattern Classifiers: Methods and Algorithms.John Wiley and Sons, Inc..

J.

Kittler, M.Hatef, Robert P.W.

Duin, J.Matas (1998).

On combining classifiers.IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

20(3):226-239.

(based on WEKA 3.7)

For further options, click the 'More' - button in the dialog.

All weka dialogs have a panel where you can specify classifier-specific parameters.

Options

Vote Options

S: Random number seed. (default 1)

B: Full class name of classifier to include, followed by scheme options. May be specified multiple times. (default: "weka.classifiers.rules.ZeroR")

D: If set, classifier is run in debug mode and may output additional info to the console

P: Full path to serialized classifier to include. May be specified multiple times to include multiple serialized classifiers. Note: it does not make sense to use pre-built classifiers in a cross-validation.

R: The combination rule to use (default: AVG)

Select target column
Choose the column that contains the target variable.
Preliminary Attribute Check

The Preliminary Attribute Check tests the underlying classifier against the DataTable specification at the inport of the node. Columns that are compatible with the classifier are marked with a green 'ok'. Columns which are potentially not compatible are assigned a red error message.

Important: If a column is marked as 'incompatible', it does not necessarily mean that the classifier cannot be executed! Sometimes, the error message 'Cannot handle String class' simply means that no nominal values are available (yet). This may change during execution of the predecessor nodes.

Capabilities: [Nominal attributes, Binary attributes, Unary attributes, Empty nominal attributes, Numeric attributes, Date attributes, String attributes, Relational attributes, Missing values, Nominal class, Binary class, Numeric class, Date class, Missing class values] Dependencies: [Nominal attributes, Binary attributes, Unary attributes, Empty nominal attributes, Numeric attributes, Date attributes, String attributes, Relational attributes, Missing values, No class, Nominal class, Binary class, Unary class, Empty nominal class, Numeric class, Date class, String class, Relational class, Missing class values, Only multi-Instance data] min # Instance: 0

Command line options

It shows the command line options according to the current classifier configuration and mainly serves to support the node's configuration via flow variables.

Additional Options

Select optional vector column
If the input table contains vector columns (e.g. double vector), the one to use can be selected here. This vector column will be used as attributes only and all other columns, except the target column, will be ignored.
Keep training instances
If checked, all training instances will be kept and stored with the classifier model. It is useful to calculate additional evaluation measures (see Weka Predictor) that make use of class prior probabilities. If no evaluation is performed or those measures are not required, it is advisable to NOT keep the training instances.

Input Ports

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Training data

Output Ports

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Trained model

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Views

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