Utility class for cross-validating classifier meta-parameters by brute-force testing of all combinations of some given settings. More...

Inheritance diagram for drwnCrossValidator:

Public Member Functions
const char *	type () const
	returns object type as a string (e.g., Foo::type() { return "Foo"; })

bool	save (drwnXMLNode &xml) const
	write object to XML node (see also write)

bool	load (drwnXMLNode &xml)
	read object from XML node (see also read)

unsigned	trials () const
	number of trials that will be run

void	clear ()
	clear all settings

void	clear (const char *property)
	clear settings for a particular property

void	add (const char property, const char value)
	add a single parameter setting

void	addLinear (const char *property, double startValue, double endValue, int numSteps=10)
	add linear parameter range

void	addLogarithmic (const char *property, double startValue, double endValue, int numSteps=10)
	add logarithmic parameter range

double	crossValidate (drwnClassifier *&classifier, const drwnClassifierDataset &trainSet, const drwnClassifierDataset &testSet) const
	run the cross-validation

Public Member Functions inherited from drwnWriteable
bool	write (const char *filename) const
	write object to file (calls save)

bool	read (const char *filename)
	read object from file (calls load)

void	dump () const
	print object's current state to standard output (for debugging)

Protected Member Functions
virtual double	score (drwnClassifier const *classifier, const drwnClassifierDataset &testSet) const
	evaluation function (can be overridden in derived classes)

Detailed Description

Utility class for cross-validating classifier meta-parameters by brute-force testing of all combinations of some given settings.

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Public Member Functions