HNB

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## weka.classifiers.bayes
Class HNB

    java.lang.Object
      weka.classifiers.Classifier
          weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, CapabilitiesHandler, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler

    public class HNB

extends Classifier
implements TechnicalInformationHandler

Contructs Hidden Naive Bayes classification model with high classification accuracy and AUC.
For more information refer to:
H. Zhang, L. Jiang, J. Su: Hidden Naive Bayes. In: Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 919-924, 2005.

BibTeX:

     @inproceedings{Zhang2005,
        author = {H. Zhang and L. Jiang and J. Su},
        booktitle = {Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
        pages = {919-924},
        publisher = {AAAI Press},
        title = {Hidden Naive Bayes},
        year = {2005}
     }

Valid options are:

     -D
      If set, classifier is run in debug mode and
      may output additional info to the console

Version:
  $Revision: 1.9 $
Author:
  H. Zhang (hzhang@unb.ca), Liangxiao Jiang (ljiang@cug.edu.cn)
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`HNB()`

Method Summary
`void` | `buildClassifier(Instances instances)` Generates the classifier.
`double[]` | `distributionForInstance(Instance instance)` Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance
`Capabilities` | `getCapabilities()` Returns default capabilities of the classifier.
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`TechnicalInformation` | `getTechnicalInformation()` Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.
`java.lang.String` | `globalInfo()` Returns a string describing this classifier.
`static void` | `main(java.lang.String[] args)` Main method for testing this class.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` returns a string representation of the classifier

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.Classifier
`classifyInstance, debugTipText, forName, getDebug, getOptions, listOptions, makeCopies, makeCopy, setDebug, setOptions`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### HNB

    public HNB()

Method Detail

### globalInfo

    public java.lang.String globalInfo()

  Returns a string describing this classifier.

  Returns:
    a description of the data generator suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

### getTechnicalInformation

    public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()

  Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.

  Specified by:
    `getTechnicalInformation` in interface `TechnicalInformationHandler`
  Returns:
    the technical information about this class

### getCapabilities

    public Capabilities getCapabilities()

  Returns default capabilities of the classifier.

  Specified by:
    `getCapabilities` in interface `CapabilitiesHandler`
  Overrides:
    `getCapabilities` in class `Classifier`
  Returns:
    the capabilities of this classifier
  See Also:
    `Capabilities`

### buildClassifier

    public void buildClassifier(Instances instances)
                         throws java.lang.Exception

  Generates the classifier.

  Specified by:
    `buildClassifier` in class `Classifier`
  Parameters:
    `instances` - set of instances serving as training data
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception` - if the classifier has not been generated successfully

### distributionForInstance

    public double[] distributionForInstance(Instance instance)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

  Calculates the class membership probabilities for the given test instance

  Overrides:
    `distributionForInstance` in class `Classifier`
  Parameters:
    `instance` - the instance to be classified
  Returns:
    predicted class probability distribution
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception` - if there is a problem generating the prediction

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  returns a string representation of the classifier

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    a representation of the classifier

### getRevision

    public java.lang.String getRevision()

  Returns the revision string.

  Specified by:
    `getRevision` in interface `RevisionHandler`
  Returns:
    the revision

### main

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

  Main method for testing this class.

  Parameters:
    `args` - the options

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