estimator¶
A component that fits and predicts given data.
Module Contents¶
Contents¶
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class
evalml.pipelines.components.estimators.estimator.
Estimator
(parameters=None, component_obj=None, random_seed=0, **kwargs)[source]¶ A component that fits and predicts given data.
To implement a new Estimator, define your own class which is a subclass of Estimator, including a name and a list of acceptable ranges for any parameters to be tuned during the automl search (hyperparameters). Define an __init__ method which sets up any necessary state and objects. Make sure your __init__ only uses standard keyword arguments and calls super().__init__() with a parameters dict. You may also override the fit, transform, fit_transform and other methods in this class if appropriate.
To see some examples, check out the definitions of any Estimator component subclass.
- Parameters
parameters (dict) – Dictionary of parameters for the component. Defaults to None.
component_obj (obj) – Third-party objects useful in component implementation. Defaults to None.
random_seed (int) – Seed for the random number generator. Defaults to 0.
Attributes
model_family
ModelFamily.NONE
modifies_features
True
modifies_target
False
predict_uses_y
False
training_only
False
Methods
Constructs a new component with the same parameters and random state.
Returns the default parameters for this component.
Describe a component and its parameters.
Returns importance associated with each feature.
Fits estimator to data.
Loads component at file path.
ModelFamily.NONE
Returns string name of this component.
Returns boolean determining if component needs fitting before calling predict, predict_proba, transform, or feature_importances.
Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component.
Make predictions using selected features.
Make probability estimates for labels.
Saves component at file path.
Problem types this estimator supports.
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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.
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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
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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
Returns dictionary if return_dict is True, else None.
- Return type
None or dict
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property
feature_importance
(self)¶ Returns importance associated with each feature.
- Returns
Importance associated with each feature.
- Return type
np.ndarray
- Raises
MethodPropertyNotFoundError – If estimator does not have a feature_importance method or a component_obj that implements feature_importance.
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fit
(self, X, y=None)[source]¶ Fits estimator to data.
- Parameters
X (pd.DataFrame) – The input training data of shape [n_samples, n_features].
y (pd.Series, optional) – The target training data of length [n_samples].
- Returns
self
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static
load
(file_path)¶ Loads component at file path.
- Parameters
file_path (str) – Location to load file.
- Returns
ComponentBase object
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property
model_family
(cls)¶ Returns ModelFamily of this component.
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property
name
(cls)¶ Returns string name of this component.
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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.
- Returns
True.
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property
parameters
(self)¶ Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component.
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predict
(self, X)[source]¶ Make predictions using selected features.
- Parameters
X (pd.DataFrame) – Data of shape [n_samples, n_features].
- Returns
Predicted values.
- Return type
pd.Series
- Raises
MethodPropertyNotFoundError – If estimator does not have a predict method or a component_obj that implements predict.
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predict_proba
(self, X)[source]¶ Make probability estimates for labels.
- Parameters
X (pd.DataFrame) – Features.
- Returns
Probability estimates.
- Return type
pd.Series
- Raises
MethodPropertyNotFoundError – If estimator does not have a predict_proba method or a component_obj that implements predict_proba.
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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.
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property
supported_problem_types
(cls)¶ Problem types this estimator supports.