source: branches/PersistentDataStructures/HeuristicLab.Algorithms.DataAnalysis/3.4/BaselineClassifiers/ZeroR.cs @ 17842

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using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Optimization;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
using HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.Algorithms.DataAnalysis {
  /// <summary>
  /// 0R classification algorithm.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("ZeroR Classification", "The simplest possible classifier, ZeroR always predicts the majority class.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public sealed class ZeroR : FixedDataAnalysisAlgorithm<IClassificationProblem> {

    [StorableConstructor]
    private ZeroR(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    private ZeroR(ZeroR original, Cloner cloner)
      : base(original, cloner) {
    }
    public ZeroR()
      : base() {
      Problem = new ClassificationProblem();
    }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new ZeroR(this, cloner);
    }

    protected override void Run() {
      var solution = CreateZeroRSolution(Problem.ProblemData);
      Results.Add(new Result("ZeroR solution", "The simplest possible classifier, ZeroR always predicts the majority class.", solution));
    }

    public static IClassificationSolution CreateZeroRSolution(IClassificationProblemData problemData) {
      var dataset = problemData.Dataset;
      string target = problemData.TargetVariable;
      var targetValues = dataset.GetDoubleValues(target, problemData.TrainingIndices);


      // if multiple classes have the same number of observations then simply take the first one
      var dominantClass = targetValues.GroupBy(x => x).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Count())
        .MaxItems(kvp => kvp.Value).Select(x => x.Key).First();

      var model = new ConstantModel(dominantClass, target);
      var solution = model.CreateClassificationSolution(problemData);
      return solution;
    }
  }
}