target_encoder ========================================================================== .. py:module:: evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder .. autoapi-nested-parse:: A transformer that encodes categorical features into target encodings. Module Contents --------------- Classes Summary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. autoapisummary:: evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. py:class:: TargetEncoder(cols=None, smoothing=1, handle_unknown='value', handle_missing='value', random_seed=0, **kwargs) A transformer that encodes categorical features into target encodings. :param cols: Columns to encode. If None, all string columns will be encoded, otherwise only the columns provided will be encoded. Defaults to None :type cols: list :param smoothing: The smoothing factor to apply. The larger this value is, the more influence the expected target value has on the resulting target encodings. Must be strictly larger than 0. Defaults to 1.0 :type smoothing: float :param handle_unknown: Determines how to handle unknown categories for a feature encountered. Options are 'value', 'error', nd 'return_nan'. Defaults to 'value', which replaces with the target mean :type handle_unknown: string :param handle_missing: Determines how to handle missing values encountered during `fit` or `transform`. Options are 'value', 'error', and 'return_nan'. Defaults to 'value', which replaces with the target mean :type handle_missing: string :param random_seed: Seed for the random number generator. Defaults to 0. :type random_seed: int **Attributes** .. list-table:: :widths: 15 85 :header-rows: 0 * - **hyperparameter_ranges** - {} * - **modifies_features** - True * - **modifies_target** - False * - **name** - Target Encoder * - **training_only** - False **Methods** .. autoapisummary:: :nosignatures: evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.clone evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.default_parameters evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.describe evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.fit evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.fit_transform evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.get_feature_names evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.load evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.needs_fitting evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.parameters evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.save evalml.pipelines.components.transformers.encoders.target_encoder.TargetEncoder.transform .. py:method:: 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. .. py:method:: 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. :rtype: dict .. py:method:: describe(self, print_name=False, return_dict=False) Describe a component and its parameters. :param print_name: whether to print name of component :type print_name: bool, optional :param return_dict: whether to return description as dictionary in the format {"name": name, "parameters": parameters} :type return_dict: bool, optional :returns: Returns dictionary if return_dict is True, else None. :rtype: None or dict .. py:method:: fit(self, X, y) Fits the target encoder. :param X: The input training data of shape [n_samples, n_features]. :type X: pd.DataFrame :param y: The target training data of length [n_samples]. :type y: pd.Series, optional :returns: self .. py:method:: fit_transform(self, X, y) Fit and transform data using the target encoder. :param X: The input training data of shape [n_samples, n_features]. :type X: pd.DataFrame :param y: The target training data of length [n_samples]. :type y: pd.Series, optional :returns: Transformed data. :rtype: pd.DataFrame .. py:method:: get_feature_names(self) Return feature names for the input features after fitting. :returns: The feature names after encoding. :rtype: np.array .. py:method:: load(file_path) :staticmethod: Loads component at file path. :param file_path: Location to load file. :type file_path: str :returns: ComponentBase object .. py:method:: 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. .. py:method:: parameters(self) :property: Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component. .. py:method:: save(self, file_path, pickle_protocol=cloudpickle.DEFAULT_PROTOCOL) Saves component at file path. :param file_path: Location to save file. :type file_path: str :param pickle_protocol: The pickle data stream format. :type pickle_protocol: int .. py:method:: transform(self, X, y=None) Transform data using the fitted target encoder. :param X: The input training data of shape [n_samples, n_features]. :type X: pd.DataFrame :param y: The target training data of length [n_samples]. :type y: pd.Series, optional :returns: Transformed data. :rtype: pd.DataFrame