mlpack_linear_svm(1)

NAME
mlpack_linear_svm - linear svm is an l2-regularized support vector machine.

SYNOPSIS
 mlpack_linear_svm [-d double] [-E int] [-m unknown] [-l unknown] [-r double] [-n int] [-N bool] [-c int] [-O string] [-s int] [-S bool] [-a double] [-T unknown] [-L unknown] [-e double] [-t unknown] [-V bool] [-M unknown] [-P unknown] [-p unknown] [-h -v]

DESCRIPTION

An implementation of linear SVMs that uses either L-BFGS or parallel SGD (stochastic gradient descent) to train the model.

This program allows loading a linear SVM model (via the '--input_model_file (-m)' parameter) or training a linear SVM model given training data (specified with the '--training_file (-t)' parameter), or both those things at once. In addition, this program allows classification on a test dataset (specified with the '--test_file (-T)' parameter) and the classification results may be saved with the '--predictions_file (-P)' output parameter. The trained linear SVM model may be saved using the '--output_model_file (-M)' output parameter.

The training data, if specified, may have class labels as its last dimension. Alternately, the '--labels_file (-l)' parameter may be used to specify a separate vector of labels.

When a model is being trained, there are many options. L2 regularization (to prevent overfitting) can be specified with the '--lambda (-r)' option, and the number of classes can be manually specified with the '--num_classes (-c)'and if an intercept term is not desired in the model, the '--no_intercept (-N)' parameter can be specified.Margin of difference between correct class and other classes can be specified with the '--delta (-d)' option.The optimizer used to train the model can be specified with the '--optimizer (-O)' parameter. Available options are 'psgd' (parallel stochastic gradient descent) and 'lbfgs' (the L-BFGS optimizer). There are also various parameters for the optimizer; the '--max_iterations (-n)' parameter specifies the maximum number of allowed iterations, and the '--tolerance (-e)' parameter specifies the tolerance for convergence. For the parallel SGD optimizer, the ’--step_size (-a)' parameter controls the step size taken at each iteration by the optimizer and the maximum number of epochs (specified with '--epochs (-E)'). If the objective function for your data is oscillating between Inf and 0, the step size is probably too large. There are more parameters for the optimizers, but the C++ interface must be used to access these.

Optionally, the model can be used to predict the labels for another matrix of data points, if '--test_file (-T)' is specified. The '--test_file (-T)' parameter can be specified without the '--training_file (-t)' parameter, so long as an existing linear SVM model is given with the '--input_model_file (-m)' parameter. The output predictions from the linear SVM model may be saved with the '--predictions_file (-P)' parameter.

As an example, to train a LinaerSVM on the data ''data.csv'' with labels ’'labels.csv'' with L2 regularization of 0.1, saving the model to ’'lsvm_model.bin'', the following command may be used:

$ mlpack_linear_svm --training_file data.csv --labels_file labels.csv --lambda 0.1 --delta 1 --num_classes 0 --output_model_file lsvm_model.bin

Then, to use that model to predict classes for the dataset ''test.csv'', storing the output predictions in ''predictions.csv'', the following command may be used:

$ mlpack_linear_svm --input_model_file lsvm_model.bin --test_file test.csv --predictions_file predictions.csv

OPTIONAL INPUT OPTIONS

--delta (-d) [double]
    Margin of difference between correct class and other classes. Default value 1.

--epochs (-E) [int]
    Maximum number of full epochs over dataset for psgd Default value 50.

--help (-h) [bool]
    Default help info.

--info [string]
    Print help on a specific option. Default value ''.

--input_model_file (-m) [unknown]
    Existing model (parameters). --labels_file (-l) [unknown] A matrix containing labels (0 or 1) for the points in the training set (y).

--lambda (-r) [double]
    L2-regularization parameter for training. Default value 0.0001.

--max_iterations (-n) [int]
    Maximum iterations for optimizer (0 indicates no limit). Default value 10000.

--no_intercept (-N) [bool]
    Do not add the intercept term to the model.

--num_classes (-c) [int]
    Number of classes for classification; if unspecified (or 0), the number of classes found in the labels will be used. Default value 0.

--optimizer (-O) [string]
    Optimizer to use for training ('lbfgs' or 'psgd'). Default value 'lbfgs'.

--seed (-s) [int]
    Random seed. If 0, 'std::time(NULL)' is used. Default value 0.

--shuffle (-S) [bool]
    Don't shuffle the order in which data points are visited for parallel SGD.

--step_size (-a) [double]
    Step size for parallel SGD optimizer. Default value 0.01.

--test_file (-T) [unknown]
    Matrix containing test dataset.

--test_labels_file (-L) [unknown]
    Matrix containing test labels.

--tolerance (-e) [double]
    Convergence tolerance for optimizer. Default value 1e-10.

--training_file (-t) [unknown]
    A matrix containing the training set (the matrix of predictors, X).

--verbose (-v) [bool]
    Display informational messages and the full list of parameters and timers at the end of execution.

--version (-V) [bool]
    Display the version of mlpack.

OPTIONAL OUTPUT OPTIONS

--output_model_file (-M) [unknown]
    Output for trained linear svm model.

--predictions_file (-P) [unknown]
    If test data is specified, this matrix is where the predictions for the test set will be saved.

--probabilities_file (-p) [unknown]
    If test data is specified, this matrix is where the class probabilities for the test set will be saved.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For further information, including relevant papers, citations, and theory, consult the documentation found at http://www.mlpack.org or included with your distribution of mlpack.