决策树算法介绍与代码编写

1.基本定义：

决策树算法是一种逼近离散函数值的方法。它是一种典型的分类方法，首先对数据进行处理，利用归纳算法生成可读的规则和决策树，然后使用决策对新数据进行分析。本质上决策树是通过一系列规则对数据进行分类的过程。

2.基本结构：

决策树是一种用于对实例进行分类的树形结构，由节点和有向边组成。节点的类型有两种：内部节点和叶子节点。其中，内部节点表示一个特征或属性的测试条件（用于分开具有不同特性的记录），叶子节点表示一个分类。如图3-1构造了一个假象的邮件分类系统，它首先检测发送邮件域名地址。如果地址为myEmployer.com,则将其放在分类“无聊时需要阅读的邮件”中。如果不是，则检查邮件内容里是否包含单词“曲棍球”，如果包含则将邮件归类到“需要及时处理的朋友邮件”，如果不包含则将邮件归类到“无需阅读的垃圾邮件”。

3.构造决策树：

首先我们使用信息论划分数据集，然后编写代码理论应用到具体的数据集上，最后编写代码构建决策树。

信息论基础：

熵：

熵度量了事物的不确定性，越不确定的事物，它的熵就越大。具体的，随机变量X的熵的表达式如下：

其中n代表X的n种不同的离散取值。而pi代表了X取值为i的概率，log为以2为底的对数。

条件熵：

它度量了我们的X在知道Y以后剩下的不确定性。表达式如下：

信息增益：

信息增益是特征选择中的一个重要指标，它定义为一个特征能够为分类系统带来多少信息，带来的信息越多，该特征越重要。表达式如下：

 

算法：

决策树的典型算法有ID3，C4.5，CART等.这里我们应用ID3算法划分数据集从而构造决策树。

ID3算法：

ID3算法就是用信息增益来判断当前节点应该用什么特征来构建决策树。信息增益大，则越适合用来分类。

4.代码编写

表3-1的数据包含5个海洋动物，其特征和分类如表所示。现在编写python代码构建决策树。

代码：

from math import log
import operator

def createDataSet():
    dataSet = [[1, 1, 'yes'],
               [1, 1, 'yes'],
               [1, 0, 'no'],
               [0, 1, 'no'],
               [0, 1, 'no']]
    labels = ['no surfacing','flippers']
    #change to discrete values
    return dataSet, labels


def calcShannonEnt(dataSet):
    numEntries = len(dataSet)
    labelCounts = {}
    for featVec in dataSet: #the the number of unique elements and their occurance
        currentLabel = featVec[-1]
        if currentLabel not in labelCounts.keys(): labelCounts[currentLabel] = 0
        labelCounts[currentLabel] += 1
    shannonEnt = 0.0
    for key in labelCounts:
        prob = float(labelCounts[key])/numEntries
        shannonEnt -= prob * log(prob,2) #log base 2
    return shannonEnt
    
def splitDataSet(dataSet, axis, value):
    retDataSet = []
    for featVec in dataSet:
        if featVec[axis] == value:
            reducedFeatVec = featVec[:axis]     #chop out axis used for splitting
            reducedFeatVec.extend(featVec[axis+1:])
            retDataSet.append(reducedFeatVec)
    return retDataSet
    
def chooseBestFeatureToSplit(dataSet):
    numFeatures = len(dataSet[0]) - 1      #the last column is used for the labels
    baseEntropy = calcShannonEnt(dataSet)
    bestInfoGain = 0.0; bestFeature = -1
    for i in range(numFeatures):        #iterate over all the features
        featList = [example[i] for example in dataSet]#create a list of all the examples of this feature
        uniqueVals = set(featList)       #get a set of unique values
        newEntropy = 0.0
        for value in uniqueVals:
            subDataSet = splitDataSet(dataSet, i, value)
            prob = len(subDataSet)/float(len(dataSet))
            newEntropy += prob * calcShannonEnt(subDataSet)     
        infoGain = baseEntropy - newEntropy     #calculate the info gain; ie reduction in entropy
        if (infoGain > bestInfoGain):       #compare this to the best gain so far
            bestInfoGain = infoGain         #if better than current best, set to best
            bestFeature = i
    return bestFeature                      #returns an integer


def majorityCnt(classList):
    classCount={}
    for vote in classList:
        if vote not in classCount.keys(): classCount[vote] = 0
        classCount[vote] += 1
    sortedClassCount = sorted(classCount.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
    return sortedClassCount[0][0]


def createTree(dataSet,labels):
    classList = [example[-1] for example in dataSet]
    if classList.count(classList[0]) == len(classList): 
        return classList[0]#stop splitting when all of the classes are equal
    if len(dataSet[0]) == 1: #stop splitting when there are no more features in dataSet
        return majorityCnt(classList)
    bestFeat = chooseBestFeatureToSplit(dataSet)
    bestFeatLabel = labels[bestFeat]
    myTree = {bestFeatLabel:{}}
    del(labels[bestFeat])
    featValues = [example[bestFeat] for example in dataSet]
    uniqueVals = set(featValues)
    for value in uniqueVals:
        subLabels = labels[:]       #copy all of labels, so trees don't mess up existing labels
        myTree[bestFeatLabel][value] = createTree(splitDataSet(dataSet, bestFeat, value),subLabels)
    return myTree

dataSet,labels = createDataSet()
myTree = createTree(dataSet,labels)  
print myTree


运行结果：

{'no surfacing': {0: 'no', 1: {'flippers': {0: 'no', 1: 'yes'}}}}

5.在Python中运用Matplotlib注解绘制树形图

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


decisionNode = dict(boxstyle="sawtooth", fc="0.8")
leafNode = dict(boxstyle="round4", fc="0.8")
arrow_args = dict(arrowstyle="<-")


def getNumLeafs(myTree):
    numLeafs = 0
    firstStr = myTree.keys()[0]
    secondDict = myTree[firstStr]
    for key in secondDict.keys():
        if type(secondDict[key]).__name__=='dict':#test to see if the nodes are dictonaires, if not they are leaf nodes
            numLeafs += getNumLeafs(secondDict[key])
        else:   numLeafs +=1
    return numLeafs


def getTreeDepth(myTree):
    maxDepth = 0
    firstStr = myTree.keys()[0]
    secondDict = myTree[firstStr]
    for key in secondDict.keys():
        if type(secondDict[key]).__name__=='dict':#test to see if the nodes are dictonaires, if not they are leaf nodes
            thisDepth = 1 + getTreeDepth(secondDict[key])
        else:   thisDepth = 1
        if thisDepth > maxDepth: maxDepth = thisDepth
    return maxDepth


def plotNode(nodeTxt, centerPt, parentPt, nodeType):
    createPlot.ax1.annotate(nodeTxt, xy=parentPt,  xycoords='axes fraction',
             xytext=centerPt, textcoords='axes fraction',
             va="center", ha="center", bbox=nodeType, arrowprops=arrow_args )
    
def plotMidText(cntrPt, parentPt, txtString):
    xMid = (parentPt[0]-cntrPt[0])/2.0 + cntrPt[0]
    yMid = (parentPt[1]-cntrPt[1])/2.0 + cntrPt[1]
    createPlot.ax1.text(xMid, yMid, txtString, va="center", ha="center", rotation=30)


def plotTree(myTree, parentPt, nodeTxt):#if the first key tells you what feat was split on
    numLeafs = getNumLeafs(myTree)  #this determines the x width of this tree
    depth = getTreeDepth(myTree)
    firstStr = myTree.keys()[0]     #the text label for this node should be this
    cntrPt = (plotTree.xOff + (1.0 + float(numLeafs))/2.0/plotTree.totalW, plotTree.yOff)
    plotMidText(cntrPt, parentPt, nodeTxt)
    plotNode(firstStr, cntrPt, parentPt, decisionNode)
    secondDict = myTree[firstStr]
    plotTree.yOff = plotTree.yOff - 1.0/plotTree.totalD
    for key in secondDict.keys():
        if type(secondDict[key]).__name__=='dict':#test to see if the nodes are dictonaires, if not they are leaf nodes  
            plotTree(secondDict[key],cntrPt,str(key))        #recursion
        else:   #it's a leaf node print the leaf node
            plotTree.xOff = plotTree.xOff + 1.0/plotTree.totalW
            plotNode(secondDict[key], (plotTree.xOff, plotTree.yOff), cntrPt, leafNode)
            plotMidText((plotTree.xOff, plotTree.yOff), cntrPt, str(key))
    plotTree.yOff = plotTree.yOff + 1.0/plotTree.totalD
#if you do get a dictonary you know it's a tree, and the first element will be another dict


def createPlot(inTree):
    fig = plt.figure(1, facecolor='white')
    fig.clf()
    axprops = dict(xticks=[], yticks=[])
    createPlot.ax1 = plt.subplot(111, frameon=False, **axprops)    #no ticks
    #createPlot.ax1 = plt.subplot(111, frameon=False) #ticks for demo puropses 
    plotTree.totalW = float(getNumLeafs(inTree))
    plotTree.totalD = float(getTreeDepth(inTree))
    plotTree.xOff = -0.5/plotTree.totalW; plotTree.yOff = 1.0;
    plotTree(inTree, (0.5,1.0), '')
    plt.show()


#def createPlot():
#    fig = plt.figure(1, facecolor='white')
#    fig.clf()
#    createPlot.ax1 = plt.subplot(111, frameon=False) #ticks for demo puropses 
#    plotNode('a decision node', (0.5, 0.1), (0.1, 0.5), decisionNode)
#    plotNode('a leaf node', (0.8, 0.1), (0.3, 0.8), leafNode)
#    plt.show()


def retrieveTree(i):
    listOfTrees =[{'no surfacing': {0: 'no', 1: {'flippers': {0: 'no', 1: 'yes'}}}},
                  {'no surfacing': {0: 'no', 1: {'flippers': {0: {'head': {0: 'no', 1: 'yes'}}, 1: 'no'}}}}
                  ]
    return listOfTrees[i]


#createPlot(thisTree)
myTree = retrieveTree(0)
createPlot(myTree)


绘制的树形图如下：