source: branches/symbreg-factors-2650/HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis.Symbolic/3.4/Symbols/FactorVariable.cs @ 14237

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis.Symbolic {
  // TODO: handle correctly in all interpreters and formatters
  // TODO: view for factor variables (configuration of actually allowed factors)
  // TODO: handle correctly in variable impacts view
  // TODO: handle correctly in Non-linear regression (infix parser and infix formatter)
  // TODO: support in all analyzers which handle variable symbols specifically
  // TODO: handle correctly in gradient views
  // TODO: handle correctly in ERC view (create linear regression model)
  // TODO: handle correctly in classification - solution comparison
  // TODO: allow factor variables in decision trees (and therefore GBT)?
  // TODO: support in more algs?
  // TODO: support in more views?
  [StorableClass]
  [Item("FactorVariable", "Represents a categorical variable (comparable to factors as in R).")]
  public class FactorVariable : VariableBase {

    private Dictionary<string, List<string>> variableValues;

    [Storable]
    public IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, List<string>>> VariableValues {
      get { return variableValues; }
      set {
        if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException();
        variableValues.Clear();
        foreach (var kvp in value) {
          variableValues.Add(kvp.Key, new List<string>(kvp.Value));
        }
      }
    }

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected FactorVariable(bool deserializing)
      : base(deserializing) {
      variableValues = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
    }
    protected FactorVariable(FactorVariable original, Cloner cloner)
      : base(original, cloner) {
      variableValues =
        original.variableValues.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => new List<string>(kvp.Value));
    }
    public FactorVariable() : this("FactorVariable", "Represents a categorical variable (comparable to factors as in R).") { }
    public FactorVariable(string name, string description)
      : base(name, description) {
      variableValues = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
    }

    public override ISymbolicExpressionTreeNode CreateTreeNode() {
      return new FactorVariableTreeNode(this);
    }

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

    public IEnumerable<string> GetVariableValues(string variableName) {
      return variableValues[variableName];
    }
  }
}