org.apache.spark.ml.regression
GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
Companion object GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
class GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel extends RegressionModel[Vector, GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel] with GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase with MLWritable with HasTrainingSummary[GeneralizedLinearRegressionTrainingSummary]
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Param for suggested depth for treeAggregate (>= 2).
Param for suggested depth for treeAggregate (>= 2).
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- final def clear(param: Param[_]): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Clears the user-supplied value for the input param.
Clears the user-supplied value for the input param.
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- val coefficients: Vector
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- def copy(extra: ParamMap): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
Creates a copy of this instance with the same UID and some extra params.
Creates a copy of this instance with the same UID and some extra params. Subclasses should implement this method and set the return type properly. See
defaultCopy()
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → Model → Transformer → PipelineStage → Params
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- def copyValues[T <: Params](to: T, extra: ParamMap = ParamMap.empty): T
Copies param values from this instance to another instance for params shared by them.
Copies param values from this instance to another instance for params shared by them.
This handles default Params and explicitly set Params separately. Default Params are copied from and to
defaultParamMap
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Default implementation of copy with extra params.
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- def evaluate(dataset: Dataset[_]): GeneralizedLinearRegressionSummary
Evaluate the model on the given dataset, returning a summary of the results.
Evaluate the model on the given dataset, returning a summary of the results.
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- def explainParam(param: Param[_]): String
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Explains all params of this instance.
Explains all params of this instance. See
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extractParamMap
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- final def extractParamMap(extra: ParamMap): ParamMap
Extracts the embedded default param values and user-supplied values, and then merges them with extra values from input into a flat param map, where the latter value is used if there exist conflicts, i.e., with ordering: default param values less than user-supplied values less than extra.
Extracts the embedded default param values and user-supplied values, and then merges them with extra values from input into a flat param map, where the latter value is used if there exist conflicts, i.e., with ordering: default param values less than user-supplied values less than extra.
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- final val family: Param[String]
Param for the name of family which is a description of the error distribution to be used in the model.
Param for the name of family which is a description of the error distribution to be used in the model. Supported options: "gaussian", "binomial", "poisson", "gamma" and "tweedie". Default is "gaussian".
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase
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- final val featuresCol: Param[String]
Param for features column name.
Param for features column name.
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- HasFeaturesCol
- def featuresDataType: DataType
Returns the SQL DataType corresponding to the FeaturesType type parameter.
Returns the SQL DataType corresponding to the FeaturesType type parameter.
This is used by
validateAndTransformSchema()
. This workaround is needed since SQL has different APIs for Scala and Java.The default value is VectorUDT, but it may be overridden if FeaturesType is not Vector.
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- final val fitIntercept: BooleanParam
Param for whether to fit an intercept term.
Param for whether to fit an intercept term.
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- final def get[T](param: Param[T]): Option[T]
Optionally returns the user-supplied value of a param.
Optionally returns the user-supplied value of a param.
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- final def getDefault[T](param: Param[T]): Option[T]
Gets the default value of a parameter.
Gets the default value of a parameter.
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- def getFamily: String
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- final def getFeaturesCol: String
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- final def getFitIntercept: Boolean
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- final def getLabelCol: String
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- def getLink: String
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- def getLinkPower: Double
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- def getLinkPredictionCol: String
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- def getOffsetCol: String
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- final def getOrDefault[T](param: Param[T]): T
Gets the value of a param in the embedded param map or its default value.
Gets the value of a param in the embedded param map or its default value. Throws an exception if neither is set.
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- def getParam(paramName: String): Param[Any]
Gets a param by its name.
Gets a param by its name.
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- final def getPredictionCol: String
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- final def getRegParam: Double
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- final def getSolver: String
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- final def getTol: Double
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- def getVariancePower: Double
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase
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- final def getWeightCol: String
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- final def hasDefault[T](param: Param[T]): Boolean
Tests whether the input param has a default value set.
Tests whether the input param has a default value set.
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- def hasParam(paramName: String): Boolean
Tests whether this instance contains a param with a given name.
Tests whether this instance contains a param with a given name.
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- def hasParent: Boolean
Indicates whether this Model has a corresponding parent.
- def hasSummary: Boolean
Indicates whether a training summary exists for this model instance.
Indicates whether a training summary exists for this model instance.
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- val intercept: Double
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- final val labelCol: Param[String]
Param for label column name.
Param for label column name.
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- final val link: Param[String]
Param for the name of link function which provides the relationship between the linear predictor and the mean of the distribution function.
Param for the name of link function which provides the relationship between the linear predictor and the mean of the distribution function. Supported options: "identity", "log", "inverse", "logit", "probit", "cloglog" and "sqrt". This is used only when family is not "tweedie". The link function for the "tweedie" family must be specified through linkPower.
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- final val linkPower: DoubleParam
Param for the index in the power link function.
Param for the index in the power link function. Only applicable to the Tweedie family. Note that link power 0, 1, -1 or 0.5 corresponds to the Log, Identity, Inverse or Sqrt link, respectively. When not set, this value defaults to 1 - variancePower, which matches the R "statmod" package.
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- final val linkPredictionCol: Param[String]
Param for link prediction (linear predictor) column name.
Param for link prediction (linear predictor) column name. Default is not set, which means we do not output link prediction.
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- final val maxIter: IntParam
Param for maximum number of iterations (>= 0).
Param for maximum number of iterations (>= 0).
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- val numFeatures: Int
Returns the number of features the model was trained on.
Returns the number of features the model was trained on. If unknown, returns -1
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → PredictionModel
- final val offsetCol: Param[String]
Param for offset column name.
Param for offset column name. If this is not set or empty, we treat all instance offsets as 0.0. The feature specified as offset has a constant coefficient of 1.0.
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase
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- @Since("2.3.0")
- lazy val params: Array[Param[_]]
Returns all params sorted by their names.
Returns all params sorted by their names. The default implementation uses Java reflection to list all public methods that have no arguments and return Param.
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- Note
Developer should not use this method in constructor because we cannot guarantee that this variable gets initialized before other params.
- var parent: Estimator[GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel]
The parent estimator that produced this model.
The parent estimator that produced this model.
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- Model
- Note
For ensembles' component Models, this value can be null.
- def predict(features: Vector): Double
Predict label for the given features.
Predict label for the given features. This method is used to implement
transform()
and output predictionCol.- Definition Classes
- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → PredictionModel
- final val predictionCol: Param[String]
Param for prediction column name.
Param for prediction column name.
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- HasPredictionCol
- final val regParam: DoubleParam
Param for regularization parameter (>= 0).
Param for regularization parameter (>= 0).
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- HasRegParam
- def save(path: String): Unit
Saves this ML instance to the input path, a shortcut of
write.save(path)
.Saves this ML instance to the input path, a shortcut of
write.save(path)
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- MLWritable
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- @Since("1.6.0") @throws("If the input path already exists but overwrite is not enabled.")
- final def set(paramPair: ParamPair[_]): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets a parameter in the embedded param map.
Sets a parameter in the embedded param map.
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- final def set(param: String, value: Any): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets a parameter (by name) in the embedded param map.
Sets a parameter (by name) in the embedded param map.
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- final def set[T](param: Param[T], value: T): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets a parameter in the embedded param map.
Sets a parameter in the embedded param map.
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- final def setDefault(paramPairs: ParamPair[_]*): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets default values for a list of params.
Sets default values for a list of params.
Note: Java developers should use the single-parameter
setDefault
. Annotating this with varargs can cause compilation failures due to a Scala compiler bug. See SPARK-9268.- paramPairs
a list of param pairs that specify params and their default values to set respectively. Make sure that the params are initialized before this method gets called.
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- final def setDefault[T](param: Param[T], value: T): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets a default value for a param.
- def setFeaturesCol(value: String): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
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- PredictionModel
- def setLinkPredictionCol(value: String): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel.this.type
Sets the link prediction (linear predictor) column name.
Sets the link prediction (linear predictor) column name.
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- def setParent(parent: Estimator[GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel]): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
Sets the parent of this model (Java API).
Sets the parent of this model (Java API).
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- def setPredictionCol(value: String): GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
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- final val solver: Param[String]
The solver algorithm for optimization.
The solver algorithm for optimization. Supported options: "irls" (iteratively reweighted least squares). Default: "irls"
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase → HasSolver
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- def summary: GeneralizedLinearRegressionTrainingSummary
Gets R-like summary of model on training set.
Gets R-like summary of model on training set. An exception is thrown if there is no summary available.
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- final val tol: DoubleParam
Param for the convergence tolerance for iterative algorithms (>= 0).
Param for the convergence tolerance for iterative algorithms (>= 0).
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- HasTol
- def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame
Transforms dataset by reading from featuresCol, calling
predict
, and storing the predictions as a new column predictionCol.Transforms dataset by reading from featuresCol, calling
predict
, and storing the predictions as a new column predictionCol.- dataset
input dataset
- returns
transformed dataset with predictionCol of type
Double
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → PredictionModel → Transformer
- def transform(dataset: Dataset[_], paramMap: ParamMap): DataFrame
Transforms the dataset with provided parameter map as additional parameters.
Transforms the dataset with provided parameter map as additional parameters.
- dataset
input dataset
- paramMap
additional parameters, overwrite embedded params
- returns
transformed dataset
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- def transform(dataset: Dataset[_], firstParamPair: ParamPair[_], otherParamPairs: ParamPair[_]*): DataFrame
Transforms the dataset with optional parameters
Transforms the dataset with optional parameters
- dataset
input dataset
- firstParamPair
the first param pair, overwrite embedded params
- otherParamPairs
other param pairs, overwrite embedded params
- returns
transformed dataset
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- Transformer
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- @Since("2.0.0") @varargs()
- def transformImpl(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → PredictionModel
- def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType
Check transform validity and derive the output schema from the input schema.
Check transform validity and derive the output schema from the input schema.
We check validity for interactions between parameters during
transformSchema
and raise an exception if any parameter value is invalid. Parameter value checks which do not depend on other parameters are handled byParam.validate()
.Typical implementation should first conduct verification on schema change and parameter validity, including complex parameter interaction checks.
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- PredictionModel → PipelineStage
- def transformSchema(schema: StructType, logging: Boolean): StructType
:: DeveloperApi ::
:: DeveloperApi ::
Derives the output schema from the input schema and parameters, optionally with logging.
This should be optimistic. If it is unclear whether the schema will be valid, then it should be assumed valid until proven otherwise.
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- val uid: String
An immutable unique ID for the object and its derivatives.
An immutable unique ID for the object and its derivatives.
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → Identifiable
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- def validateAndTransformSchema(schema: StructType, fitting: Boolean, featuresDataType: DataType): StructType
Validates and transforms the input schema with the provided param map.
Validates and transforms the input schema with the provided param map.
- schema
input schema
- fitting
whether this is in fitting
- featuresDataType
SQL DataType for FeaturesType. E.g.,
VectorUDT
for vector features.- returns
output schema
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase → PredictorParams
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- @Since("2.0.0")
- final val variancePower: DoubleParam
Param for the power in the variance function of the Tweedie distribution which provides the relationship between the variance and mean of the distribution.
Param for the power in the variance function of the Tweedie distribution which provides the relationship between the variance and mean of the distribution. Only applicable to the Tweedie family. (see Tweedie Distribution (Wikipedia)) Supported values: 0 and [1, Inf). Note that variance power 0, 1, or 2 corresponds to the Gaussian, Poisson or Gamma family, respectively.
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- @Since("2.2.0")
- final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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- final val weightCol: Param[String]
Param for weight column name.
Param for weight column name. If this is not set or empty, we treat all instance weights as 1.0.
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- HasWeightCol
- def withLogContext(context: HashMap[String, String])(body: => Unit): Unit
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- def write: MLWriter
Returns a org.apache.spark.ml.util.MLWriter instance for this ML instance.
Returns a org.apache.spark.ml.util.MLWriter instance for this ML instance.
For GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel, this does NOT currently save the training summary. An option to save summary may be added in the future.
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- GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel → MLWritable
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- Deprecated
(Since version 9)
Inherited from HasTrainingSummary[GeneralizedLinearRegressionTrainingSummary]
Inherited from MLWritable
Inherited from GeneralizedLinearRegressionBase
Inherited from HasAggregationDepth
Inherited from HasSolver
Inherited from HasWeightCol
Inherited from HasRegParam
Inherited from HasTol
Inherited from HasMaxIter
Inherited from HasFitIntercept
Inherited from RegressionModel[Vector, GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel]
Inherited from PredictionModel[Vector, GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel]
Inherited from PredictorParams
Inherited from HasPredictionCol
Inherited from HasFeaturesCol
Inherited from HasLabelCol
Inherited from Model[GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel]
Inherited from Transformer
Inherited from PipelineStage
Inherited from Logging
Inherited from Params
Inherited from Serializable
Inherited from Identifiable
Inherited from AnyRef
Inherited from Any
Parameters
A list of (hyper-)parameter keys this algorithm can take. Users can set and get the parameter values through setters and getters, respectively.
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(expert-only) Parameters
A list of advanced, expert-only (hyper-)parameter keys this algorithm can take. Users can set and get the parameter values through setters and getters, respectively.