README.md

decision-trees

decision-trees contains implementations of the decision tree classifier, random forest, and boosted trees (with AdaBoost) for binary categorical data.

Requirements:

• numpy 1.17.3

• pandas 0.25.2

Usage:

For a single decision tree:

import pandas as pd

from models.decision_tree import DecisionTreeClassifier

train_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_train.csv')
validation_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_val.csv')
test_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_test.csv')

tree = DecisionTreeClassifier(train=train_set, validation=validation_set,test=test_set, 
                                label='class', max_depth=2)
results = tree.train()

For a random forest:

import pandas as pd

from models.random_forest import RandomForestClassifier

train_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_train.csv')
validation_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_val.csv')
test_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_test.csv')

rf = RandomForestClassifier(train=train_set, validation=validation_set, test=test_set,
                             label='class', n_trees=5, n_features=5, seed=1, max_depth=2)
results = rf.train()

For a boosted trees with AdaBoost:

import pandas as pd

from models.adaboost import AdaBoostClassifier

train_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_train.csv')
validation_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_val.csv')
test_set = pd.read_csv('data/pa3_test.csv')

boosted_trees = AdaBoostClassifier(train=train_set, validation=validation_set, test=test_set,
                                     label='class', n_classifiers=5, max_depth=2)
results = boosted_trees.train()

Data:

The data/ folder contains .csv files with training, validation, and test sets.

To run models:

• run_part1.py creates decision trees with varied depths.
• run_part2.py creates random forests with varied parameters.
• run_part3.py creates boosted trees with varied parameters.

python main.py will run all three parts in order, output will be saved in model_output folder.

Future improvements:

• Refactor AdaBoostClassifier and RandomForestClassifier classes to inherit attributes from DecisionTreeClassifier class.