ca.pfv.spmf.algorithms.classifiers.decisiontree.id3

Class DecisionTree

java.lang.Object

ca.pfv.spmf.algorithms.classifiers.decisiontree.id3.DecisionTree

public class DecisionTree
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a decision tree created by the ID3 algorithm.

See Also:

AlgoID3, Node, DecisionNode, ClassNode

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DecisionTree()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	predictTargetAttributeValue(java.lang.String[] newInstance) This method predict the class of an instance.
void	print() Print the tree to System.out.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DecisionTree

public DecisionTree()

Method Detail

print

public void print()

Print the tree to System.out.

predictTargetAttributeValue

public java.lang.String predictTargetAttributeValue(java.lang.String[] newInstance)

This method predict the class of an instance.

Parameters:

newInstance - an instance for which to perform the prediction.

Returns:

Return the class name or null if the tree cannot predict the class, for example because some value does not appear in the tree.