/**
* Calculate the average entropy of the child nodes that would result from splitting
* this node on the given attribute.
*/
public double ExpectedEntropyFromSplit(string splitCondition)
{
if (!COMP8901_Asg05._attributes.Contains(splitCondition))
{
throw new System.ArgumentException(
System.String.Format("{0} is not a valid attribute.", splitCondition));
}
/* Split this node's individual's on the given trait. */
SysGeneric.List <Individual> positives = new SysGeneric.List <Individual>();
SysGeneric.List <Individual> negatives = new SysGeneric.List <Individual>();
string positiveSplitValue = COMP8901_Asg05._attributeValues[splitCondition][0];
foreach (Individual eachIndividual in _individuals)
{
if (eachIndividual._attributes[splitCondition].Equals(positiveSplitValue))
{
positives.Add(eachIndividual);
}
else
{
negatives.Add(eachIndividual);
}
}
/* Calculate the weighted entropy for the result sets. */
double entropy = CalculateEntropy(positives) * positives.Count / _individuals.Count;
entropy += CalculateEntropy(negatives) * negatives.Count / _individuals.Count;
return(entropy);
}
/**
* Returns the optimal next attribute to split this node on.
*/
public string DetermineBestSplitCondition()
{
/* Only consider attributes that have not already been split on. */
SysGeneric.List <string> attributesToTest = new SysGeneric.List <string>();
foreach (string eachAttribute in COMP8901_Asg05._attributes)
{
if (!_pastSplitConditions.ContainsKey(eachAttribute))
{
attributesToTest.Add(eachAttribute);
}
}
/* Calculate the information gain of splitting on each attribute
* and keep the best one. */
string bestAttribute = null;
double bestAttributeUtility = -1;
foreach (string eachAttribute in attributesToTest)
{
double eachUtility = ExpectedUtilityFromSplit(eachAttribute);
if (eachUtility > bestAttributeUtility)
{
bestAttribute = eachAttribute;
bestAttributeUtility = eachUtility;
}
}
if (bestAttribute != null)
{
return(bestAttribute);
}
else
{
throw new System.Exception("Could not determine a best split attribute.");
}
}
/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Constructors & Destructors
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
public Board()
{
/* Initialize the board to all spaces empty. */
_board = new SysGeneric.List <SysGeneric.List <char> >();
for (int columnNum = 0; columnNum < BOARD_WIDTH; columnNum++)
{
SysGeneric.List <char> column = new SysGeneric.List <char>();
for (int cellNum = 0; cellNum < BOARD_HEIGHT; cellNum++)
{
column.Add(EMPTY);
}
_board.Add(column);
}
///* Initialize the row separator string. */
//ROW_SEPARATOR = new System.String(ROW_SEPARATOR_CHAR, BOARD_WIDTH * 2 + 1);
_moveCount = 0;
_moves = "";
_piecesInColumn = new SysGeneric.List <int>(BOARD_WIDTH);
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Instance Properties
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Constructors & Destructors
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Class Methods
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
public static SysGeneric.List <Individual> ReadDataFile(string filePath)
{
string fileContents = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(filePath);
/* Remove carriage returns and replace all whitespace sequences with single spaces. */
fileContents = SysRegex.Replace(fileContents, "\r", "");
fileContents = SysRegex.Replace(fileContents, @"[\t\f\v ]+", " ");
/* Split into lines. */
string[] lines = fileContents.Split(LINE_BREAK);
/* Get rid of blank and comment lines. */
SysGeneric.List <string> dataLines = new SysGeneric.List <string>();
foreach (string eachLine in lines)
{
if (eachLine.Length < 1)
{
continue;
}
if (eachLine[0].Equals('/') &&
eachLine[1].Equals('/'))
{
continue;
}
/* If the line is neither blank nor commented, then it is data. */
dataLines.Add(eachLine);
}
/* Extract data from the data lines. */
bool areClassificationsRead = false;
bool areAttributesRead = false;
bool isDataRead = false;
int attributeCount = 0;
int dataCount = 0;
SysGeneric.List <Individual> individuals = new SysGeneric.List <Individual>();
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("{0}\n\tReading Classifications\n{0}\n", HORIZONTAL_RULE));
foreach (string eachLine in dataLines)
{
/* Read the classifications. */
if (!areClassificationsRead)
{
/* Are we done reading the classifications? */
if (int.TryParse(eachLine, out attributeCount))
{
areClassificationsRead = true;
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("{0} classifications read.\n\n", COMP8901_Asg05._classifications.Count));
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("{0}\n\tReading Attributes\n{0}\n", HORIZONTAL_RULE));
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("Attribute count: {0}\n", attributeCount));
continue;
}
/* If we have not recorded this classificiation yet, do so. */
if (!COMP8901_Asg05._classifications.Contains(eachLine))
{
COMP8901_Asg05._classifications.Add(eachLine);
SysConsole.Write(eachLine + "\n");
}
continue;
}
/* Read the attributes. */
if (!areAttributesRead)
{
/* Are we done reading the attributes? */
if (int.TryParse(eachLine, out dataCount))
{
areAttributesRead = true;
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("{0} attributes read.\n\n", COMP8901_Asg05._attributes.Count));
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("{0}\n\tReading Individuals\n{0}\n", HORIZONTAL_RULE));
SysConsole.Write(System.String.Format("Individual count: {0}\n\n", dataCount));
continue;
}
/* Parse each attribute. */
string[] attributeParts = eachLine.Split(ATTRIBUTE_SEPARATOR);
/* If we have not recorded this attribute yet, do so. */
if (!COMP8901_Asg05._attributes.Contains(attributeParts[0]))
{
SysGeneric.List <string> attributeValues = new SysGeneric.List <string>();
for (int i = 1; i < attributeParts.Length; i++)
{
attributeValues.Add(attributeParts[i]);
}
/* Record each attribute. */
COMP8901_Asg05._attributes.Add(attributeParts[0]);
COMP8901_Asg05._attributeValues[attributeParts[0]] = attributeValues;
SysConsole.Write(eachLine + "\n");
}
continue;
}
/* Read the data. */
if (!isDataRead &&
dataCount > 0)
{
/* Parse each individual. */
string[] dataParts = eachLine.Split(DATA_SEPARATOR);
Individual eachIndividual = new Individual(dataParts[0], dataParts[1]);
SysGeneric.Dictionary <string, string> eachIndividualAttributes = new SysGeneric.Dictionary <string, string>();
/* Get the attribute values for this individual. */
int index = 2;
foreach (string eachAttribute in COMP8901_Asg05._attributes)
{
eachIndividualAttributes.Add(eachAttribute, dataParts[index]);
index++;
}
/* Add the individual to the return list. */
eachIndividual._attributes = eachIndividualAttributes;
individuals.Add(eachIndividual);
//SysConsole.Write(eachIndividual + "\n");
dataCount--;
continue;
}
/* If we have read all of the lines of data we wanted, stop reading the file. */
break;
}
SysConsole.Write("\nFinished reading data from file!\n\n");
return(individuals);
}