Source code for evalml.automl.utils

from evalml.objectives import get_objective
from evalml.problem_types import handle_problem_types


def get_default_primary_search_objective(problem_type):
    """Get the default primary search objective for a problem type.

    Arguments:
        problem_type (str or ProblemType): problem type of interest.

    Returns:
        ObjectiveBase: primary objective instance for the problem type.
    """
    problem_type = handle_problem_types(problem_type)
    objective_name = {'binary': 'Log Loss Binary',
                      'multiclass': 'Log Loss Multiclass',
                      'regression': 'R2'}[problem_type.value]
    return get_objective(objective_name, return_instance=True)