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ScitypeTable

ScitypeTable

class ScitypeTable(is_univariate=None, is_empty=None, has_nans=None, n_instances=None, n_features=None, feature_names=None, dtypekind_dfip=None, feature_kind=None)[source]

Data Frame or Table data type.

The Table data type is an abstract data type (= scitype).

It represents a row- and column-indexed 2D table of data, commonly referred to as “data frame”.

Formally, an abstract Table object has:

  • an index \(i_1, \dots, i_T\), with \(i_i\) being any hashable type

  • values \(x_1, \dots, x_T\), with \(x_i\), taking values in an abstract typed data frame row domain \(\mathcal{Y}\), i.e., vectors with entries being numbers (float, integer) or categorical, always the same type at the same entry

The value \(x_i\) is interpreted to be an “observation” or “instance” at index \(i_i\).

The indices \(i_i\) are assumed distinct, but not necessarily ordered.

Concrete types implementing the Table data type must specify:

  • features: how the dimensions of \(\mathcal{Y}\) are represented

  • feature names: optional, names of the column dimensions

  • instances: how the value “observed at” an index is represented

  • instance index: how the instance index is represented

Concrete implementations may implement only sub-cases of the full abstract type.

Parameters:
is_univariate: bool

True iff table has one variable

is_empty: bool

True iff table has no variables or no instances

has_nans: bool

True iff the table contains NaN values

n_instances: int

number of instances/rows in the table

n_features: int

number of variables in table

feature_names: list of int or object

names of variables in table

dtypekind_dfip: list of DtypeKind enum

list of DtypeKind enum values for each feature in the table, following the data frame interface protocol. In same order as feature_names.

feature_kind: list of str

list of feature-kind strings for each feature in the table, coerced to "FLOAT" or "CATEGORICAL" type string. In same order as feature_names.

Methods

__call__(obj[, return_metadata, var_name, ...])

Check if obj is of this data type.

check(obj[, return_metadata, var_name, ...])

Check if obj is of this data type.

clone()

Obtain a clone of the object with same hyper-parameters and config.

clone_tags(estimator[, tag_names])

Clone tags from another object as dynamic override.

create_test_instance([parameter_set])

Construct an instance of the class, using first test parameter set.

create_test_instances_and_names([parameter_set])

Create list of all test instances and a list of names for them.

get(key[, default])

Get attribute by key.

get_class_tag(tag_name[, tag_value_default])

Get class tag value from class, with tag level inheritance from parents.

get_class_tags()

Get class tags from class, with tag level inheritance from parent classes.

get_config()

Get config flags for self.

get_param_defaults()

Get object's parameter defaults.

get_param_names([sort])

Get object's parameter names.

get_params([deep])

Get a dict of parameters values for this object.

get_tag(tag_name[, tag_value_default, ...])

Get tag value from instance, with tag level inheritance and overrides.

get_tags()

Get tags from instance, with tag level inheritance and overrides.

get_test_params([parameter_set])

Return testing parameter settings for the skbase object.

is_composite()

Check if the object is composed of other BaseObjects.

load_from_path(serial)

Load object from file location.

load_from_serial(serial)

Load object from serialized memory container.

reset()

Reset the object to a clean post-init state.

save([path, serialization_format])

Save serialized self to bytes-like object or to (.zip) file.

set_config(**config_dict)

Set config flags to given values.

set_params(**params)

Set the parameters of this object.

set_random_state([random_state, deep, ...])

Set random_state pseudo-random seed parameters for self.

set_tags(**tag_dict)

Set instance level tag overrides to given values.