/// <summary>
        /// Trains and returns a <see cref="ITransformer"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public ITransformer Fit(IDataView input)
        {
            _host.CheckValue(input, nameof(input));

            int[] colSizes;
            var   scores = CountFeatureSelectionUtils.Train(_host, input, _columns.Select(column => column.InputColumnName).ToArray(), out colSizes);
            var   size   = _columns.Length;

            using (var ch = _host.Start("Dropping Slots"))
            {
                // If no slots should be dropped from a column, use copy column to generate the corresponding output column.
                SlotsDroppingTransformer.ColumnOptions[]            dropSlotsColumns;
                (string outputColumnName, string inputColumnName)[] copyColumnsPairs;
        /// <summary>
        /// Create method corresponding to SignatureDataTransform.
        /// </summary>
        public static IDataTransform Create(IHostEnvironment env, Arguments args, IDataView input)
        {
            Contracts.CheckValue(env, nameof(env));
            var host = env.Register(RegistrationName);

            host.CheckValue(args, nameof(args));
            host.CheckValue(input, nameof(input));
            host.CheckUserArg(Utils.Size(args.Column) > 0, nameof(args.Column));
            host.CheckUserArg(args.Count > 0, nameof(args.Count));

            int[] colSizes;
            var   scores = CountFeatureSelectionUtils.Train(host, input, args.Column, out colSizes);
            var   size   = args.Column.Length;

            using (var ch = host.Start("Dropping Slots"))
            {
                int[] selectedCount;
                var   columns = CreateDropSlotsColumns(args, size, scores, out selectedCount);

                if (columns.Count <= 0)
                {
                    ch.Info("No features are being dropped.");
                    return(NopTransform.CreateIfNeeded(host, input));
                }

                for (int i = 0; i < selectedCount.Length; i++)
                {
                    ch.Info(MessageSensitivity.Schema, "Selected {0} slots out of {1} in column '{2}'", selectedCount[i], colSizes[i], args.Column[i]);
                }
                ch.Info("Total number of slots selected: {0}", selectedCount.Sum());

                var dsArgs = new DropSlotsTransform.Arguments();
                dsArgs.Column = columns.ToArray();
                return(new DropSlotsTransform(host, dsArgs, input));
            }
        }