An auxiliary function for the qualityF
parameter in the FS.greedy.heuristic.reduct.RST
, FS.DAAR.heuristic.RST
and FS.greedy.heuristic.superreduct.RST
functions.
It is based on the gini index as a measure of information (Stoffel and Raileanu, 2000).
X.gini(decisionDistrib)
a numeric value indicating the gini index of an attribute.
an integer vector corresponding to a distribution of attribute values.
Andrzej Janusz
K. Stoffel and L. E. Raileanu, "Selecting Optimal Split-Functions with Linear Threshold Unit Trees and Madaline-Style Networks", in: Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XVII, BCS Conference Series (2000).