undersampler

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Undersampler

Initializes an undersampling transformer to downsample the majority classes in the dataset.

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class evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.samplers.undersampler.Undersampler(sampling_ratio=0.25, sampling_ratio_dict=None, min_samples=100, min_percentage=0.1, random_seed=0, **kwargs)[source]

Initializes an undersampling transformer to downsample the majority classes in the dataset.

This component is only run during training and not during predict.

Parameters
  • sampling_ratio (float) – The smallest minority:majority ratio that is accepted as ‘balanced’. For instance, a 1:4 ratio would be represented as 0.25, while a 1:1 ratio is 1.0. Must be between 0 and 1, inclusive. Defaults to 0.25.

  • sampling_ratio_dict (dict) – A dictionary specifying the desired balanced ratio for each target value. For instance, in a binary case where class 1 is the minority, we could specify: sampling_ratio_dict={0: 0.5, 1: 1}, which means we would undersample class 0 to have twice the number of samples as class 1 (minority:majority ratio = 0.5), and don’t sample class 1. Overrides sampling_ratio if provided. Defaults to None.

  • min_samples (int) – The minimum number of samples that we must have for any class, pre or post sampling. If a class must be downsampled, it will not be downsampled past this value. To determine severe imbalance, the minority class must occur less often than this and must have a class ratio below min_percentage. Must be greater than 0. Defaults to 100.

  • min_percentage (float) – The minimum percentage of the minimum class to total dataset that we tolerate, as long as it is above min_samples. If min_percentage and min_samples are not met, treat this as severely imbalanced, and we will not resample the data. Must be between 0 and 0.5, inclusive. Defaults to 0.1.

  • random_seed (int) – The seed to use for random sampling. Defaults to 0.

Attributes

hyperparameter_ranges

{}

model_family

ModelFamily.NONE

modifies_features

True

modifies_target

True

name

Undersampler

Methods

clone

Constructs a new component with the same parameters and random state.

default_parameters

Returns the default parameters for this component.

describe

Describe a component and its parameters

fit

Resample the data using the sampler. Since our sampler doesn’t need to be fit, we do nothing here.

fit_transform

Fit and transform the data using the undersampler. Used during training of the pipeline

load

Loads component at file path

needs_fitting

Returns boolean determining if component needs fitting before

parameters

Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component

save

Saves component at file path

transform

No transformation needs to be done here.

clone(self)

Constructs a new component with the same parameters and random state.

Returns

A new instance of this component with identical parameters and random state.

default_parameters(cls)

Returns the default parameters for this component.

Our convention is that Component.default_parameters == Component().parameters.

Returns

default parameters for this component.

Return type

dict

describe(self, print_name=False, return_dict=False)

Describe a component and its parameters

Parameters
  • print_name (bool, optional) – whether to print name of component

  • return_dict (bool, optional) – whether to return description as dictionary in the format {“name”: name, “parameters”: parameters}

Returns

prints and returns dictionary

Return type

None or dict

fit(self, X, y)

Resample the data using the sampler. Since our sampler doesn’t need to be fit, we do nothing here.

Parameters
  • X (pd.DataFrame) – Training features

  • y (pd.Series) – Target features

Returns

self

fit_transform(self, X, y)[source]

Fit and transform the data using the undersampler. Used during training of the pipeline

Parameters
  • X (pd.DataFrame) – Training features

  • y – Target features

static load(file_path)

Loads component at file path

Parameters

file_path (str) – Location to load file

Returns

ComponentBase object

needs_fitting(self)

Returns boolean determining if component needs fitting before calling predict, predict_proba, transform, or feature_importances. This can be overridden to False for components that do not need to be fit or whose fit methods do nothing.

property parameters(self)

Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component

save(self, file_path, pickle_protocol=cloudpickle.DEFAULT_PROTOCOL)

Saves component at file path

Parameters
  • file_path (str) – Location to save file

  • pickle_protocol (int) – The pickle data stream format.

Returns

None

transform(self, X, y=None)

No transformation needs to be done here.

Parameters
  • X (pd.DataFrame) – Training features. Ignored.

  • y (pd.Series) – Target features. Ignored.

Returns

X and y data that was passed in.

Return type

pd.DataFrame, pd.Series