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Class weka.filters.ReplaceMissingValuesFilter

java.lang.Object
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   +----weka.filters.Filter
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           +----weka.filters.ReplaceMissingValuesFilter

public class ReplaceMissingValuesFilter
extends Filter
Replaces all missing values for nominal and numeric attributes in a dataset with the modes and means from the training data.

Author:
Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Constructor Index

 o ReplaceMissingValuesFilter()

Method Index

 o batchFinished()
Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.
 o input(Instance)
Input an instance for filtering.
 o main(String[])
Main method for testing this class.
 o setInputFormat(Instances)
Sets the format of the input instances.

Constructors

 o ReplaceMissingValuesFilter
 public ReplaceMissingValuesFilter()

Methods

 o setInputFormat
 public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception
Sets the format of the input instances.

Parameters:
instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
Returns:
true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
Throws: Exception
if the input format can't be set successfully
Overrides:
setInputFormat in class Filter
 o input
 public boolean input(Instance instance)
Input an instance for filtering. Filter requires all training instances be read before producing output.

Parameters:
instance - the input instance
Returns:
true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
Throws: IllegalStateException
if no input format has been set.
Overrides:
input in class Filter
 o batchFinished
 public boolean batchFinished()
Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished. If the filter requires all instances prior to filtering, output() may now be called to retrieve the filtered instances.

Returns:
true if there are instances pending output
Throws: IllegalStateException
if no input structure has been defined
Overrides:
batchFinished in class Filter
 o main
 public static void main(String argv[])
Main method for testing this class.

Parameters:
argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help

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