dtree.py

from math import log

def calcShannonEnt(dataSet):
    numEntries = len(dataSet)
    labelCounts = {}
    for featVec in dataSet:
        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)

    return shannonEnt

def chooseBestFeatureToSplit(dataSet):
    numFeatures = len(dataSet[0]) - 1
    baseEntropy = calcShannonEnt(dataSet)
    bestInfoGain = 0.0
    bestFeature = -1
    for i in range(numFeatures):
        featList = [example[i] for example in dataSet]
        uniqueVals = set(featList)
        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
        if(infoGain > bestInfoGain):
            bestInfoGain = infoGain
            bestFeature = i
        return bestFeature

def createDataSet():
    dataSet = [[1,1,'yes'],
        [1,1,'yes'],
        [1,0,'no'],
        [0,1,'no'],
        [0,1,'no'],]
    labels = ['no surfacing','flippers']

    return dataSet,labels

# myDat,labels = createDataSet()
# shannonEnt = calcShannonEnt(myDat)
# print(shannonEnt)