margin

Classification margins

Syntax

m = margin(tree,TBL,ResponseVarName)

m = margin(tree,TBL,Y)

m = margin(tree,X,Y)

Description

m = margin(tree,TBL,ResponseVarName) returns the classification margins for the table of predictors TBL and class labels TBL.ResponseVarName. For the definition, see Margin.

m = margin(tree,TBL,Y) returns the classification margins for the table of predictors TBL and class labels Y.

m = margin(tree,X,Y) returns the classification margins for the matrix of predictors X and class labels Y.

Examples

Compute Classification Margin

Compute the classification margin for the Fisher iris data, trained on its first two columns of data, and view the last 10 entries.

load fisheriris
X = meas(:,1:2);
tree = fitctree(X,species);
M = margin(tree,X,species);
M(end-10:end)

ans =
    0.1111
    0.1111
    0.1111
   -0.2857
    0.6364
    0.6364
    0.1111
    0.7500
    1.0000
    0.6364
    0.2000

The classification tree trained on all the data is better.

tree = fitctree(meas,species);
M = margin(tree,meas,species);
M(end-10:end)

ans =
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565
    0.9565

Input Arguments

tree — Trained classification tree

ClassificationTree model object | CompactClassificationTree model object

Trained classification tree, specified as a ClassificationTree or CompactClassificationTree model object. That is, tree is a trained classification model returned by fitctree or compact.

TBL — Sample data

table

Sample data, specified as a table. Each row of TBL corresponds to one observation, and each column corresponds to one predictor variable. Optionally, TBL can contain additional columns for the response variable and observation weights. TBL must contain all the predictors used to train tree. Multicolumn variables and cell arrays other than cell arrays of character vectors are not allowed.

If TBL contains the response variable used to train tree, then you do not need to specify ResponseVarName or Y.

If you train tree using sample data contained in a table, then the input data for this method must also be in a table.

Data Types: table

X — Data to classify

numeric matrix

Data to classify, specified as a numeric matrix. Each row of X represents one observation, and each column represents one predictor. X must have the same number of columns as the data used to train tree. X must have the same number of rows as the number of elements in Y.

Data Types: single | double

ResponseVarName — Response variable name

name of a variable in TBL

Response variable name, specified as the name of a variable in TBL. If TBL contains the response variable used to train tree, then you do not need to specify ResponseVarName.

If you specify ResponseVarName, then you must do so as a character vector or string scalar. For example, if the response variable is stored as TBL.Response, then specify it as 'Response'. Otherwise, the software treats all columns of TBL, including TBL.ResponseVarName, as predictors.

The response variable must be a categorical, character, or string array, logical or numeric vector, or cell array of character vectors. If the response variable is a character array, then each element must correspond to one row of the array.

Data Types: char | string

Y — Class labels

categorical array | character array | string array | logical vector | numeric vector | cell array of character vectors

Class labels, specified as a categorical, character, or string array, a logical or numeric vector, or a cell array of character vectors. Y must be of the same type as the classification used to train tree, and its number of elements must equal the number of rows of X.

Data Types: categorical | char | string | logical | single | double | cell

Output Arguments

m — Margin

numeric column vector

Margin, returned as a numeric column vector of length size(X,1). Each entry in m represents the margin for the corresponding rows of X and (true class) Y, computed using tree.

More About

Margin

The classification margin is the difference between the classification score for the true class and maximal classification score for the false classes. Margin is a column vector with the same number of rows as in the matrix X.

Score (tree)

For trees, the score of a classification of a leaf node is the posterior probability of the classification at that node. The posterior probability of the classification at a node is the number of training sequences that lead to that node with the classification, divided by the number of training sequences that lead to that node.

For an example, see Posterior Probability Definition for Classification Tree.

Extended Capabilities

Tall Arrays

Calculate with arrays that have more rows than fit in memory.

This function fully supports tall arrays. For more information, see Tall Arrays.

GPU Arrays

Accelerate code by running on a graphics processing unit (GPU) using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.

Usage notes and limitations:

• The margin function does not support decision tree models trained with surrogate splits.

For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions on a GPU (Parallel Computing Toolbox).

Version History

Introduced in R2011a