SequentialFeatureSelector#

class sklearn.feature_selection.SequentialFeatureSelector(estimator, *, n_features_to_select='auto', tol=None, direction='forward', scoring=None, cv=5, n_jobs=None)[source]#

Transformer that performs Sequential Feature Selection.

This Sequential Feature Selector adds (forward selection) or removes (backward selection) features to form a feature subset in a greedy fashion. At each stage, this estimator chooses the best feature to add or remove based on the cross-validation score of an estimator. In the case of unsupervised learning, this Sequential Feature Selector looks only at the features (X), not the desired outputs (y).

See also

GenericUnivariateSelect: Univariate feature selector with configurable strategy.
RFE: Recursive feature elimination based on importance weights.
RFECV: Recursive feature elimination based on importance weights, with automatic selection of the number of features.
SelectFromModel: Feature selection based on thresholds of importance weights.

Examples

>>> from sklearn.feature_selection import SequentialFeatureSelector
>>> from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier
>>> from sklearn.datasets import load_iris
>>> X, y = load_iris(return_X_y=True)
>>> knn = KNeighborsClassifier(n_neighbors=3)
>>> sfs = SequentialFeatureSelector(knn, n_features_to_select=3)
>>> sfs.fit(X, y)
SequentialFeatureSelector(estimator=KNeighborsClassifier(n_neighbors=3),
                          n_features_to_select=3)
>>> sfs.get_support()
array([ True, False,  True,  True])
>>> sfs.transform(X).shape
(150, 3)

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

Learn the features to select from X.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): Training vectors, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of predictors.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,), default=None: Target values. This parameter may be ignored for unsupervised learning.
**paramsdict, default=None: Parameters to be passed to the underlying estimator, cv and scorer objects.

Added in version 1.6: Only available if enable_metadata_routing=True, which can be set by using sklearn.set_config(enable_metadata_routing=True). See Metadata Routing User Guide for more details.

Returns:

selfobject: Returns the instance itself.

fit_transform(X, y=None, **fit_params)[source]#

Fit to data, then transform it.

Fits transformer to X and y with optional parameters fit_params and returns a transformed version of X.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): Input samples.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,) or (n_samples, n_outputs), default=None: Target values (None for unsupervised transformations).
**fit_paramsdict: Additional fit parameters.

Returns:

X_newndarray array of shape (n_samples, n_features_new): Transformed array.

get_feature_names_out(input_features=None)[source]#

Mask feature names according to selected features.

Parameters:

input_featuresarray-like of str or None, default=None

Input features.

If input_features is None, then feature_names_in_ is used as feature names in. If feature_names_in_ is not defined, then the following input feature names are generated: ["x0", "x1", ..., "x(n_features_in_ - 1)"].
If input_features is an array-like, then input_features must match feature_names_in_ if feature_names_in_ is defined.

Returns:

feature_names_outndarray of str objects: Transformed feature names.

get_metadata_routing()[source]#

Get metadata routing of this object.

Please check User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

Added in version 1.6.

Returns:

routingMetadataRouter: A MetadataRouter encapsulating routing information.

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.

get_support(indices=False)[source]#

Get a mask, or integer index, of the features selected.

Parameters:

indicesbool, default=False: If True, the return value will be an array of integers, rather than a boolean mask.

Returns:

supportarray: An index that selects the retained features from a feature vector. If indices is False, this is a boolean array of shape [# input features], in which an element is True iff its corresponding feature is selected for retention. If indices is True, this is an integer array of shape [# output features] whose values are indices into the input feature vector.

inverse_transform(X)[source]#

Reverse the transformation operation.

Parameters:

Xarray of shape [n_samples, n_selected_features]: The input samples.

Returns:

X_rarray of shape [n_samples, n_original_features]: X with columns of zeros inserted where features would have been removed by transform.

set_output(*, transform=None)[source]#

Set output container.

See Introducing the set_output API for an example on how to use the API.

Parameters:

transform{“default”, “pandas”, “polars”}, default=None

Configure output of transform and fit_transform.

"default": Default output format of a transformer
"pandas": DataFrame output
"polars": Polars output
None: Transform configuration is unchanged

Added in version 1.4: "polars" option was added.

Returns:

selfestimator instance: Estimator instance.

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.

transform(X)[source]#

Reduce X to the selected features.

Parameters:

Xarray of shape [n_samples, n_features]: The input samples.

Returns:

X_rarray of shape [n_samples, n_selected_features]: The input samples with only the selected features.

Gallery examples#

Release Highlights for scikit-learn 0.24

Model-based and sequential feature selection