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Cross-Validation
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.. currentmodule:: scikits.learn.cross_val

Learning the parameters of a prediction function and testing it on the same
data yields a methodological bias. To avoid over-fitting, we have to define two
different sets : a *learning set* :math:`X^l, y^l` which is used for learning
the prediction function (also called *training set*), and a *test set*
:math:`X^t, y^t` which is used for testing the prediction function.
However, by defining these two sets, we drastically reduce the number of samples
which can be used for learning the model, and the results can depend on a
particular couple of *learning set* and *test set*.

A solution is to split the whole data in different learning set and test set,
and to return the the averaged value of the prediction scores obtained with
the different sets. Such a procedure is called *cross-validation*. This approach
can  be computationally expensive, but does not waste too much data (as it is the
case when fixing an arbitrary test set), which is a major advantage in problem
such as inverse inference where the number of samples is very small.





Examples
--------

:ref:`example_plot_roc_crossval.py`,
:ref:`example_grid_search_digits.py`,
:ref:`example_rfe_with_cross_validation.py`,







Leave-One-Out - LOO
===================

:class:`LeaveOneOut`
The *Leave-One-Out* (or LOO) is a simple cross-validation. Each learning
set is created by taking all the samples except one, the test set being the
sample left out. Thus, for *n* samples, we have *n* different learning sets and
*n* different tests set. This cross-validation procedure does not waste much
data as only one sample is removed from the learning set. 



    >>> import numpy as np
    >>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import LeaveOneOut
    >>> X = np.array([[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.]])
    >>> Y = np.array([0, 1, 0, 1])
    >>> loo = LeaveOneOut(len(Y))
    >>> print loo
    scikits.learn.cross_val.LeaveOneOut(n=4)
    >>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
    [False  True  True  True] [ True False False False]
    [ True False  True  True] [False  True False False]
    [ True  True False  True] [False False  True False]
    [ True  True  True False] [False False False  True]


Each fold is constitued by two arrays: the first one is related to the
*training set*, and the second one to the *test set*.
Thus, one can create the training/test sets using:

    >>> X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = X[train], X[test], Y[train], Y[test]







Leave-P-Out - LPO
=================


:class:`LeavePOut`
*Leave-P-Out* is very similar to *Leave-One-Out*, as it creates all the
possible training/test sets by removing *P* samples from the complete set.


Example of Leave-2-Out:

>>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import LeavePOut
>>> X = [[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.]]
>>> Y = [0, 1, 0, 1]
>>> loo = LeavePOut(len(Y), 2)
>>> print loo
scikits.learn.cross_val.LeavePOut(n=4, p=2)
>>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
[False False  True  True] [ True  True False False]
[False  True False  True] [ True False  True False]
[False  True  True False] [ True False False  True]
[ True False False  True] [False  True  True False]
[ True False  True False] [False  True False  True]
[ True  True False False] [False False  True  True]

All the possible folds are created, and again, one can create the training/test
sets using:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> X = np.asanyarray(X)
>>> Y = np.asanyarray(Y)
>>> X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = X[train], X[test], Y[train], Y[test]










K-fold
======

:class:`KFold`

The *K-fold* divides all the samples in *K* groups of samples, called folds (if
:math:`K = n`, we retrieve the *LOO*), of equal sizes (if possible). The
prediction function is learned using *K - 1* folds, and the fold left out is
used for test. 


Example of 2-fold:

>>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import KFold
>>> X = [[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.]]
>>> Y = [0, 1, 0, 1]
>>> loo = KFold(len(Y), 2)
>>> print loo
scikits.learn.cross_val.KFold(n=4, k=2)
>>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
[False False  True  True] [ True  True False False]
[ True  True False False] [False False  True  True]







Stratified K-Fold
=================


:class:`StratifiedKFold`

The *Stratified K-Fold* is a variation of *K-fold*, which returns stratified
folds, *i.e* which creates folds by preserving the same percentage for each
class than in the complete set.


Example of stratified 2-fold:

>>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import StratifiedKFold
>>> X = [[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.], [0., 1.]]
>>> Y = [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0]
>>> loo = StratifiedKFold(Y, 2)
>>> print loo
scikits.learn.cross_val.StratifiedKFold(labels=[0 0 0 1 1 1 0], k=2)
>>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
[False False  True False  True  True  True] [ True  True False  True False False False]
[ True  True False  True False False False] [False False  True False  True  True  True]
 











Leave-One-Label-Out - LOLO
==========================

:class:`LeaveOneLabelOut`

The *Leave-One-Label-Out* (LOLO) is a cross-validation scheme which removes the
samples according to a specific label.
Each training set is thus constitued by all the samples except the ones related
to a specific label.

For example, in the cases of multiple experiments, *LOLO* can be used to
create a cross-validation based on the different experiments: we create a
training set using the samples of all the experiments except one.


>>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import LeaveOneLabelOut
>>> X = [[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.]]
>>> Y = [0, 1, 0, 1]
>>> labels = [1, 1, 2, 2]
>>> loo = LeaveOneLabelOut(labels)
>>> print loo
scikits.learn.cross_val.LeaveOneLabelOut(labels=[1, 1, 2, 2])
>>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
[False False  True  True] [ True  True False False]
[ True  True False False] [False False  True  True]






Leave-P-Label-Out
=================


:class:`LeavePLabelOut`

*Leave-P-Label-Out* is similar as *Leave-One-Label-Out*, but removes samples
related to *P* labels for each training/test set.


Example of Leave-2-Label Out:


>>> from scikits.learn.cross_val import LeavePLabelOut
>>> X = [[0., 0.], [1., 1.], [-1., -1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]]
>>> Y = [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1]
>>> labels = [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3]
>>> loo = LeavePLabelOut(labels, 2)
>>> print loo
scikits.learn.cross_val.LeavePLabelOut(labels=[1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3], p=2)
>>> for train, test in loo: print train,test
[False False False False  True  True] [ True  True  True  True False False]
[False False  True  True False False] [ True  True False False  True  True]
[ True  True False False False False] [False False  True  True  True  True]