NAME

Algorithm::LibLinear - A Perl binding for LIBLINEAR, a library for classification/regression using linear SVM and logistic regression.

SYNOPSIS

use Algorithm::LibLinear;
# Constructs a model for L2-regularized L2 loss support vector classification.
my $learner = Algorithm::LibLinear->new(
  cost => 1,
  epsilon => 0.01,
  solver => 'L2R_L2LOSS_SVC',
  weights => [
    +{ label => 1, weight => 1, },
    +{ label => -1, weight => 1, },
  ],
);
# Loads a training data set from DATA filehandle.
my $data_set = Algorithm::LibLinear::DataSet->load(fh => \*DATA);
# Updates training parameter.
$learner->find_parameters(data_set => $data_set, num_folds => 5, update => 1);
# Executes cross validation.
my $accuracy = $learner->cross_validation(data_set => $data_set, num_folds => 5);
# Executes training.
my $classifier = $learner->train(data_set => $data_set);
# Determines which (+1 or -1) is the class for the given feature to belong.
my $class_label = $classifier->predict(feature => +{ 1 => 0.38, 2 => -0.5, ... });

__DATA__
+1 1:0.708333 2:1 3:1 4:-0.320755 5:-0.105023 6:-1 7:1 8:-0.419847 9:-1 10:-0.225806 12:1 13:-1 
-1 1:0.583333 2:-1 3:0.333333 4:-0.603774 5:1 6:-1 7:1 8:0.358779 9:-1 10:-0.483871 12:-1 13:1 
+1 1:0.166667 2:1 3:-0.333333 4:-0.433962 5:-0.383562 6:-1 7:-1 8:0.0687023 9:-1 10:-0.903226 11:-1 12:-1 13:1 
-1 1:0.458333 2:1 3:1 4:-0.358491 5:-0.374429 6:-1 7:-1 8:-0.480916 9:1 10:-0.935484 12:-0.333333 13:1 
-1 1:0.875 2:-1 3:-0.333333 4:-0.509434 5:-0.347032 6:-1 7:1 8:-0.236641 9:1 10:-0.935484 11:-1 12:-0.333333 13:-1 
...

DESCRIPTION

Algorithm::LibLinear is an XS module that provides features of LIBLINEAR, a fast C library for classification and regression.

Current version is based on LIBLINEAR 2.47, released on July 9, 2023.

METHODS

new([bias => -1.0] [, cost => 1] [, epsilon => 0.1] [, loss_sensitivity => 0.1] [, nu => 0.5] [, regularize_bias => 1] [, solver => 'L2R_L2LOSS_SVC_DUAL'] [, weights => []])

Constructor. You can set several named parameters:

bias

Bias term to be added to prediction result (i.e., -B option for LIBLINEAR's train command.).

This parameter makes sense only when its value is positive.

cost

Penalty cost for misclassification (-c.)

epsilon

Termination criterion (-e.)

Default value of this parameter depends on the value of solver.

loss_sensitivity

Epsilon in loss function of SVR (-p.)

nu

Nu parameter of one-class SVM (-n.)

regularize_bias

Whether to regularize the bias term (-R, negated.)

solver

Kind of solver (-s.)

For classification:

'L2R_LR' - L2-regularized logistic regression
'L2R_L2LOSS_SVC_DUAL' - L2-regularized L2-loss SVC (dual problem)
'L2R_L2LOSS_SVC' - L2-regularized L2-loss SVC (primal problem)
'L2R_L1LOSS_SVC_DUAL' - L2-regularized L1-loss SVC (dual problem)
'MCSVM_CS' - Crammer-Singer multi-class SVM
'L1R_L2LOSS_SVC' - L1-regularized L2-loss SVC
'L1R_LR' - L1-regularized logistic regression (primal problem)
'L1R_LR_DUAL' - L1-regularized logistic regression (dual problem)

For regression:

'L2R_L2LOSS_SVR' - L2-regularized L2-loss SVR (primal problem)
'L2R_L2LOSS_SVR_DUAL' - L2-regularized L2-loss SVR (dual problem)
'L2R_L1LOSS_SVR_DUAL' - L2-regularized L1-loss SVR (dual problem)

For outlier detection:

'ONECLASS_SVM' - One-class SVM
weights

Weights to adjust the cost parameter of different classes (-wi.)

For example,

my $learner = Algorithm::LibLinear->new(
  weights => [
    +{ label => 1, weight => 0.5 },
    +{ label => 2, weight => 1 },
    +{ label => 3, weight => 0.5 },
  ],
);

is giving a doubling weight for class 2. This means that samples belonging to class 2 have stronger effect than other samples belonging class 1 or 3 on learning.

This option is useful when the number of training samples of each class is not balanced.

cross_validation(data_set => $data_set, num_folds => $num_folds)

Evaluates training parameter using N-fold cross validation method. Given data set will be split into N parts. N-1 of them will be used as a training set and the rest 1 part will be used as a test set. The evaluation iterates N times using each different part as a test set. Then average accuracy is returned as result.

find_cost_parameter(data_set => $data_set, num_folds => $num_folds [, initial => -1.0] [, update => 0])

Deprecated. Use find_parameters instead.

Shorthand alias for find_parameters only works on cost parameter. Notice that loss_sensitivity is affected too when update is set.

find_parameters(data_set => $data_set, num_folds => $num_folds [, initial_cost => -1.0] [, initial_loss_sensitivity => -1.0] [, update => 0])

Finds the best parameters by N-fold cross validation. If initial_cost or initial_loss_sensitivity is a negative, the value is automatically calculated. Works only for 3 solvers: 'L2R_LR', 'L2R_L2LOSS_SVC' and 'L2R_L2LOSS_SVR'. Error will be thrown for otherwise.

When update is set true, the instance is updated to use the found parameters. This behaviour is disabled by default.

Return value is an ArrayRef containing 3 values: found cost, found loss_sensitivity (only if solver is 'L2R_L2LOSS_SVR') and mean accuracy of cross validation with the found parameters.

train(data_set => $data_set)

Executes training and returns a trained Algorithm::LibLinear::Model instance. data_set is same as the cross_validation's.

AUTHOR

Koichi SATO <sekia@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

Algorithm::LibLinear::DataSet

Algorithm::LibLinear::FeatureScaling

Algorithm::LibLinear::Model

LIBLINEAR Homepage

Algorithm::SVM - A Perl binding to LIBSVM.

LICENSE

Algorithm::LibLinear

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