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## weka.classifiers.meta
Class END

    java.lang.Object
      weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
          weka.classifiers.SingleClassifierEnhancer
              weka.classifiers.IteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer
                  weka.classifiers.RandomizableIteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer
                      weka.classifiers.meta.END

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Classifier, CapabilitiesHandler, OptionHandler, Randomizable, RevisionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler

    public class END

extends RandomizableIteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer
implements TechnicalInformationHandler

A meta classifier for handling multi-class datasets with 2-class classifiers by building an ensemble of nested dichotomies.
For more info, check
Lin Dong, Eibe Frank, Stefan Kramer: Ensembles of Balanced Nested Dichotomies for Multi-class Problems. In: PKDD, 84-95, 2005.
Eibe Frank, Stefan Kramer: Ensembles of nested dichotomies for multi-class problems. In: Twenty-first International Conference on Machine Learning, 2004.

BibTeX:

     @inproceedings{Dong2005,
        author = {Lin Dong and Eibe Frank and Stefan Kramer},
        booktitle = {PKDD},
        pages = {84-95},
        publisher = {Springer},
        title = {Ensembles of Balanced Nested Dichotomies for Multi-class Problems},
        year = {2005}
     }

     @inproceedings{Frank2004,
        author = {Eibe Frank and Stefan Kramer},
        booktitle = {Twenty-first International Conference on Machine Learning},
        publisher = {ACM},
        title = {Ensembles of nested dichotomies for multi-class problems},
        year = {2004}
     }

Valid options are:

     -S <num>
      Random number seed.
      (default 1)

     -I <num>
      Number of iterations.
      (default 10)

     -D
      If set, classifier is run in debug mode and
      may output additional info to the console

     -W
      Full name of base classifier.
      (default: weka.classifiers.meta.nestedDichotomies.ND)

     Options specific to classifier weka.classifiers.meta.nestedDichotomies.ND:

     -S <num>
      Random number seed.
      (default 1)

     -D
      If set, classifier is run in debug mode and
      may output additional info to the console

     -W
      Full name of base classifier.
      (default: weka.classifiers.trees.J48)

     Options specific to classifier weka.classifiers.trees.J48:

     -U
      Use unpruned tree.

     -C <pruning confidence>
      Set confidence threshold for pruning.
      (default 0.25)

     -M <minimum number of instances>
      Set minimum number of instances per leaf.
      (default 2)

     -R
      Use reduced error pruning.

     -N <number of folds>
      Set number of folds for reduced error
      pruning. One fold is used as pruning set.
      (default 3)

     -B
      Use binary splits only.

     -S
      Don't perform subtree raising.

     -L
      Do not clean up after the tree has been built.

     -A
      Laplace smoothing for predicted probabilities.

     -Q <seed>
      Seed for random data shuffling (default 1).

Options after -- are passed to the designated classifier.

Version:
  $Revision: 5928 $
Author:
  Eibe Frank, Lin Dong
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`END()` Constructor.

Method Summary
`void` | `buildClassifier(Instances data)` Builds the committee of randomizable classifiers.
`double[]` | `distributionForInstance(Instance instance)` Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance.
`Capabilities` | `getCapabilities()` Returns default capabilities of the classifier.
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`TechnicalInformation` | `getTechnicalInformation()` Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.
`java.lang.String` | `globalInfo()` Returns a string describing classifier
`static void` | `main(java.lang.String[] argv)` Main method for testing this class.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` Returns description of the committee.

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.RandomizableIteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer
`getOptions, getSeed, listOptions, seedTipText, setOptions, setSeed`

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.IteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer
`getNumIterations, numIterationsTipText, setNumIterations`

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.SingleClassifierEnhancer
`classifierTipText, getClassifier, setClassifier`

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.AbstractClassifier
`classifyInstance, debugTipText, forName, getDebug, makeCopies, makeCopy, setDebug`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### END

    public END()

  Constructor.

Method Detail

### globalInfo

    public java.lang.String globalInfo()

  Returns a string describing classifier

  Returns:
    a description suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

### getTechnicalInformation

    public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()

  Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.

  Specified by:
    `getTechnicalInformation` in interface `TechnicalInformationHandler`
  Returns:
    the technical information about this class

### getCapabilities

    public Capabilities getCapabilities()

  Returns default capabilities of the classifier.

  Specified by:
    `getCapabilities` in interface `Classifier`
  Specified by:
    `getCapabilities` in interface `CapabilitiesHandler`
  Overrides:
    `getCapabilities` in class `SingleClassifierEnhancer`
  Returns:
    the capabilities of this classifier
  See Also:
    `Capabilities`

### buildClassifier

    public void buildClassifier(Instances data)
                         throws java.lang.Exception

  Builds the committee of randomizable classifiers.

  Specified by:
    `buildClassifier` in interface `Classifier`
  Overrides:
    `buildClassifier` in class `IteratedSingleClassifierEnhancer`
  Parameters:
    `data` - the training data to be used for generating the bagged classifier.
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception` - if the classifier could not be built successfully

### distributionForInstance

    public double[] distributionForInstance(Instance instance)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

  Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance.

  Specified by:
    `distributionForInstance` in interface `Classifier`
  Overrides:
    `distributionForInstance` in class `AbstractClassifier`
  Parameters:
    `instance` - the instance to be classified
  Returns:
    preedicted class probability distribution
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception` - if distribution can't be computed successfully

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Returns description of the committee.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    description of the committee as a string

### getRevision

    public java.lang.String getRevision()

  Returns the revision string.

  Specified by:
    `getRevision` in interface `RevisionHandler`
  Overrides:
    `getRevision` in class `AbstractClassifier`
  Returns:
    the revision

### main

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)

  Main method for testing this class.

  Parameters:
    `argv` - the options

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