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# mvpa2.mappers.projection.ProjectionMapper

class `mvpa2.mappers.projection.``ProjectionMapper`(demean=True, **kwargs)

  Linear mapping between multidimensional spaces.

  This class cannot be used directly. Sub-classes have to implement the `_train()` method, which has to compute the projection matrix `_proj` and optionally offset vectors `_offset_in` and `_offset_out` (if initialized with demean=True, which is default) given a dataset (see `_train()` docstring for more information).

  Once the projection matrix is available, this class provides functionality to perform forward and backwards linear mapping of data, the latter by default using pseudo-inverse (but could be altered in subclasses, like hermitian (conjugate) transpose in case of SVD). Additionally, `ProjectionMapper` supports optional selection of arbitrary component (i.e. columns of the projection matrix) of the projection.

  Forward and back-projection matrices (a.k.a. projection and reconstruction) are available via the `proj` and `recon` properties.

  Notes

  Available conditional attributes:

  - `calling_time+`: Time (in seconds) it took to call the node
  - `raw_results`: Computed results before invoking postproc. Stored only if postproc is not None.
  - `training_time+`: Time (in seconds) it took to train the learner

  (Conditional attributes enabled by default suffixed with `+`)

  Methods

  `forward`(data) | Map data from input to output space.
  `forward1`(data) | Wrapper method to map single samples.
  `generate`(ds) | Yield processing results.
  `get_postproc`() | Returns the post-processing node or None.
  `get_space`() | Query the processing space name of this node.
  `reset`() |
  `reverse`(data) | Reverse-map data from output back into input space.
  `reverse1`(data) | Wrapper method to map single samples.
  `set_postproc`(node) | Assigns a post-processing node Set to `None` to disable postprocessing.
  `set_space`(name) | Set the processing space name of this node.
  `train`(ds) | The default implementation calls `_pretrain()`, `_train()`, and finally `_posttrain()`.
  `untrain`() | Reverts changes in the state of this node caused by previous training

  Initialize the ProjectionMapper

  Parameters:

  demean : bool

  > Either data should be demeaned while computing projections and applied back while doing reverse()

  enable_ca : None or list of str

  > Names of the conditional attributes which should be enabled in addition to the default ones

  disable_ca : None or list of str

  > Names of the conditional attributes which should be disabled

  auto_train : bool

  > Flag whether the learner will automatically train itself on the input dataset when called untrained.

  force_train : bool

  > Flag whether the learner will enforce training on the input dataset upon every call.

  space: str, optional :

  > Name of the ‘processing space’. The actual meaning of this argument heavily depends on the sub-class implementation. In general, this is a trigger that tells the node to compute and store information about the input data that is “interesting” in the context of the corresponding processing in the output dataset.

  postproc : Node instance, optional

  > Node to perform post-processing of results. This node is applied in `__call__()` to perform a final processing step on the to be result dataset. If None, nothing is done.

  descr : str

  > Description of the instance

  Methods

  `forward`(data) | Map data from input to output space.
  `forward1`(data) | Wrapper method to map single samples.
  `generate`(ds) | Yield processing results.
  `get_postproc`() | Returns the post-processing node or None.
  `get_space`() | Query the processing space name of this node.
  `reset`() |
  `reverse`(data) | Reverse-map data from output back into input space.
  `reverse1`(data) | Wrapper method to map single samples.
  `set_postproc`(node) | Assigns a post-processing node Set to `None` to disable postprocessing.
  `set_space`(name) | Set the processing space name of this node.
  `train`(ds) | The default implementation calls `_pretrain()`, `_train()`, and finally `_posttrain()`.
  `untrain`() | Reverts changes in the state of this node caused by previous training

  `proj`

    Projection matrix

  `recon`

    Backprojection matrix

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