AdaBoostClassifier#

class sklearn.ensemble.AdaBoostClassifier(estimator=None, *, n_estimators=50, learning_rate=1.0, algorithm='deprecated', random_state=None)[source]#

An AdaBoost classifier.

An AdaBoost [1] classifier is a meta-estimator that begins by fitting a classifier on the original dataset and then fits additional copies of the classifier on the same dataset but where the weights of incorrectly classified instances are adjusted such that subsequent classifiers focus more on difficult cases.

This class implements the algorithm based on [2].

See also

AdaBoostRegressor: An AdaBoost regressor that begins by fitting a regressor on the original dataset and then fits additional copies of the regressor on the same dataset but where the weights of instances are adjusted according to the error of the current prediction.
GradientBoostingClassifier: GB builds an additive model in a forward stage-wise fashion. Regression trees are fit on the negative gradient of the binomial or multinomial deviance loss function. Binary classification is a special case where only a single regression tree is induced.
sklearn.tree.DecisionTreeClassifier: A non-parametric supervised learning method used for classification. Creates a model that predicts the value of a target variable by learning simple decision rules inferred from the data features.

References

[1]

Y. Freund, R. Schapire, “A Decision-Theoretic Generalization of on-Line Learning and an Application to Boosting”, 1995.

[2]

J. Zhu, H. Zou, S. Rosset, T. Hastie, “Multi-class adaboost.” Statistics and its Interface 2.3 (2009): 349-360.

Examples

>>> from sklearn.ensemble import AdaBoostClassifier
>>> from sklearn.datasets import make_classification
>>> X, y = make_classification(n_samples=1000, n_features=4,
...                            n_informative=2, n_redundant=0,
...                            random_state=0, shuffle=False)
>>> clf = AdaBoostClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=0)
>>> clf.fit(X, y)
AdaBoostClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=0)
>>> clf.predict([[0, 0, 0, 0]])
array([1])
>>> clf.score(X, y)
0.96...

For a detailed example of using AdaBoost to fit a sequence of DecisionTrees as weaklearners, please refer to Multi-class AdaBoosted Decision Trees.

For a detailed example of using AdaBoost to fit a non-linearly seperable classification dataset composed of two Gaussian quantiles clusters, please refer to Two-class AdaBoost.

decision_function(X)[source]#

Compute the decision function of X.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Returns:

scorendarray of shape of (n_samples, k): The decision function of the input samples. The order of outputs is the same as that of the classes_ attribute. Binary classification is a special cases with k == 1, otherwise k==n_classes. For binary classification, values closer to -1 or 1 mean more like the first or second class in classes_, respectively.

property feature_importances_#

The impurity-based feature importances.

The higher, the more important the feature. The importance of a feature is computed as the (normalized) total reduction of the criterion brought by that feature. It is also known as the Gini importance.

Warning: impurity-based feature importances can be misleading for high cardinality features (many unique values). See sklearn.inspection.permutation_importance as an alternative.

Returns:

feature_importances_ndarray of shape (n_features,): The feature importances.

fit(X, y, sample_weight=None)[source]#

Build a boosted classifier/regressor from the training set (X, y).

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,): The target values.
sample_weightarray-like of shape (n_samples,), default=None: Sample weights. If None, the sample weights are initialized to 1 / n_samples.

Returns:

selfobject: Fitted estimator.

get_metadata_routing()[source]#

Raise NotImplementedError.

This estimator does not support metadata routing yet.

get_params(deep=True)[source]#

Get parameters for this estimator.

Parameters:

deepbool, default=True: If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.

Returns:

paramsdict: Parameter names mapped to their values.

predict(X)[source]#

Predict classes for X.

The predicted class of an input sample is computed as the weighted mean prediction of the classifiers in the ensemble.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Returns:

yndarray of shape (n_samples,): The predicted classes.

predict_log_proba(X)[source]#

Predict class log-probabilities for X.

The predicted class log-probabilities of an input sample is computed as the weighted mean predicted class log-probabilities of the classifiers in the ensemble.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Returns:

pndarray of shape (n_samples, n_classes): The class probabilities of the input samples. The order of outputs is the same of that of the classes_ attribute.

predict_proba(X)[source]#

Predict class probabilities for X.

The predicted class probabilities of an input sample is computed as the weighted mean predicted class probabilities of the classifiers in the ensemble.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Returns:

pndarray of shape (n_samples, n_classes): The class probabilities of the input samples. The order of outputs is the same of that of the classes_ attribute.

score(X, y, sample_weight=None)[source]#

Return the mean accuracy on the given test data and labels.

In multi-label classification, this is the subset accuracy which is a harsh metric since you require for each sample that each label set be correctly predicted.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): Test samples.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,) or (n_samples, n_outputs): True labels for X.
sample_weightarray-like of shape (n_samples,), default=None: Sample weights.

Returns:

scorefloat: Mean accuracy of self.predict(X) w.r.t. y.

set_fit_request(*, sample_weight: bool | None | str = '$UNCHANGED$') → AdaBoostClassifier[source]#

Request metadata passed to the fit method.

Note that this method is only relevant if enable_metadata_routing=True (see sklearn.set_config). Please see User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

The options for each parameter are:

True: metadata is requested, and passed to fit if provided. The request is ignored if metadata is not provided.
False: metadata is not requested and the meta-estimator will not pass it to fit.
None: metadata is not requested, and the meta-estimator will raise an error if the user provides it.
str: metadata should be passed to the meta-estimator with this given alias instead of the original name.

The default (sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED) retains the existing request. This allows you to change the request for some parameters and not others.

Added in version 1.3.

Note

This method is only relevant if this estimator is used as a sub-estimator of a meta-estimator, e.g. used inside a Pipeline. Otherwise it has no effect.

Parameters:

sample_weightstr, True, False, or None, default=sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED: Metadata routing for sample_weight parameter in fit.

Returns:

selfobject: The updated object.

set_params(**params)[source]#

Set the parameters of this estimator.

The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as Pipeline). The latter have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.

Parameters:

**paramsdict: Estimator parameters.

Returns:

selfestimator instance: Estimator instance.

set_score_request(*, sample_weight: bool | None | str = '$UNCHANGED$') → AdaBoostClassifier[source]#

Request metadata passed to the score method.

Note that this method is only relevant if enable_metadata_routing=True (see sklearn.set_config). Please see User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

The options for each parameter are:

True: metadata is requested, and passed to score if provided. The request is ignored if metadata is not provided.
False: metadata is not requested and the meta-estimator will not pass it to score.
None: metadata is not requested, and the meta-estimator will raise an error if the user provides it.
str: metadata should be passed to the meta-estimator with this given alias instead of the original name.

The default (sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED) retains the existing request. This allows you to change the request for some parameters and not others.

Added in version 1.3.

Note

This method is only relevant if this estimator is used as a sub-estimator of a meta-estimator, e.g. used inside a Pipeline. Otherwise it has no effect.

Parameters:

sample_weightstr, True, False, or None, default=sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED: Metadata routing for sample_weight parameter in score.

Returns:

selfobject: The updated object.

staged_decision_function(X)[source]#

Compute decision function of X for each boosting iteration.

This method allows monitoring (i.e. determine error on testing set) after each boosting iteration.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Yields:

scoregenerator of ndarray of shape (n_samples, k): The decision function of the input samples. The order of outputs is the same of that of the classes_ attribute. Binary classification is a special cases with k == 1, otherwise k==n_classes. For binary classification, values closer to -1 or 1 mean more like the first or second class in classes_, respectively.

staged_predict(X)[source]#

Return staged predictions for X.

The predicted class of an input sample is computed as the weighted mean prediction of the classifiers in the ensemble.

This generator method yields the ensemble prediction after each iteration of boosting and therefore allows monitoring, such as to determine the prediction on a test set after each boost.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): The input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Yields:

ygenerator of ndarray of shape (n_samples,): The predicted classes.

staged_predict_proba(X)[source]#

Predict class probabilities for X.

The predicted class probabilities of an input sample is computed as the weighted mean predicted class probabilities of the classifiers in the ensemble.

This generator method yields the ensemble predicted class probabilities after each iteration of boosting and therefore allows monitoring, such as to determine the predicted class probabilities on a test set after each boost.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.

Yields:

pgenerator of ndarray of shape (n_samples,): The class probabilities of the input samples. The order of outputs is the same of that of the classes_ attribute.

staged_score(X, y, sample_weight=None)[source]#

Return staged scores for X, y.

This generator method yields the ensemble score after each iteration of boosting and therefore allows monitoring, such as to determine the score on a test set after each boost.

Parameters:

X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples. Sparse matrix can be CSC, CSR, COO, DOK, or LIL. COO, DOK, and LIL are converted to CSR.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,): Labels for X.
sample_weightarray-like of shape (n_samples,), default=None: Sample weights.

Yields:

zfloat

Gallery examples#

Classifier comparison

Multi-class AdaBoosted Decision Trees

Plot the decision surfaces of ensembles of trees on the iris dataset

Two-class AdaBoost

Multi-class AdaBoosted Decision Trees