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cv::ml::SVM Class Referenceabstract

Support Vector Machines. More...

#include <opencv2/ml.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for cv::ml::SVM:
cv::ml::StatModel cv::Algorithm

Classes

class  Kernel
 

Public Types

enum  KernelTypes {
  CUSTOM =-1,
  LINEAR =0,
  POLY =1,
  RBF =2,
  SIGMOID =3,
  CHI2 =4,
  INTER =5
}
 SVM kernel type More...
 
enum  ParamTypes {
  C =0,
  GAMMA =1,
  P =2,
  NU =3,
  COEF =4,
  DEGREE =5
}
 SVM params type More...
 
enum  Types {
  C_SVC =100,
  NU_SVC =101,
  ONE_CLASS =102,
  EPS_SVR =103,
  NU_SVR =104
}
 SVM type More...
 
- Public Types inherited from cv::ml::StatModel
enum  Flags {
  UPDATE_MODEL = 1,
  RAW_OUTPUT =1,
  COMPRESSED_INPUT =2,
  PREPROCESSED_INPUT =4
}
 

Public Member Functions

virtual double getC () const =0
 
virtual cv::Mat getClassWeights () const =0
 
virtual double getCoef0 () const =0
 
virtual double getDecisionFunction (int i, OutputArray alpha, OutputArray svidx) const =0
 Retrieves the decision function. More...
 
virtual double getDegree () const =0
 
virtual double getGamma () const =0
 
virtual int getKernelType () const =0
 
virtual double getNu () const =0
 
virtual double getP () const =0
 
virtual Mat getSupportVectors () const =0
 Retrieves all the support vectors. More...
 
virtual cv::TermCriteria getTermCriteria () const =0
 
virtual int getType () const =0
 
Mat getUncompressedSupportVectors () const
 Retrieves all the uncompressed support vectors of a linear SVM. More...
 
virtual void setC (double val)=0
 
virtual void setClassWeights (const cv::Mat &val)=0
 
virtual void setCoef0 (double val)=0
 
virtual void setCustomKernel (const Ptr< Kernel > &_kernel)=0
 
virtual void setDegree (double val)=0
 
virtual void setGamma (double val)=0
 
virtual void setKernel (int kernelType)=0
 
virtual void setNu (double val)=0
 
virtual void setP (double val)=0
 
virtual void setTermCriteria (const cv::TermCriteria &val)=0
 
virtual void setType (int val)=0
 
virtual bool trainAuto (const Ptr< TrainData > &data, int kFold=10, ParamGrid Cgrid=getDefaultGrid(C), ParamGrid gammaGrid=getDefaultGrid(GAMMA), ParamGrid pGrid=getDefaultGrid(P), ParamGrid nuGrid=getDefaultGrid(NU), ParamGrid coeffGrid=getDefaultGrid(COEF), ParamGrid degreeGrid=getDefaultGrid(DEGREE), bool balanced=false)=0
 Trains an SVM with optimal parameters. More...
 
bool trainAuto (InputArray samples, int layout, InputArray responses, int kFold=10, Ptr< ParamGrid > Cgrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::C), Ptr< ParamGrid > gammaGrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::GAMMA), Ptr< ParamGrid > pGrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::P), Ptr< ParamGrid > nuGrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::NU), Ptr< ParamGrid > coeffGrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::COEF), Ptr< ParamGrid > degreeGrid=SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::DEGREE), bool balanced=false)
 Trains an SVM with optimal parameters. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cv::ml::StatModel
virtual float calcError (const Ptr< TrainData > &data, bool test, OutputArray resp) const
 Computes error on the training or test dataset. More...
 
virtual bool empty () const CV_OVERRIDE
 Returns true if the Algorithm is empty (e.g. in the very beginning or after unsuccessful read. More...
 
virtual int getVarCount () const =0
 Returns the number of variables in training samples. More...
 
virtual bool isClassifier () const =0
 Returns true if the model is classifier. More...
 
virtual bool isTrained () const =0
 Returns true if the model is trained. More...
 
virtual float predict (InputArray samples, OutputArray results=noArray(), int flags=0) const =0
 Predicts response(s) for the provided sample(s) More...
 
virtual bool train (const Ptr< TrainData > &trainData, int flags=0)
 Trains the statistical model. More...
 
virtual bool train (InputArray samples, int layout, InputArray responses)
 Trains the statistical model. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cv::Algorithm
 Algorithm ()
 
virtual ~Algorithm ()
 
virtual void clear ()
 Clears the algorithm state. More...
 
virtual String getDefaultName () const
 
virtual void read (const FileNode &fn)
 Reads algorithm parameters from a file storage. More...
 
virtual void save (const String &filename) const
 
virtual void write (FileStorage &fs) const
 Stores algorithm parameters in a file storage. More...
 
void write (const Ptr< FileStorage > &fs, const String &name=String()) const
 simplified API for language bindings This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static Ptr< SVMcreate ()
 
static ParamGrid getDefaultGrid (int param_id)
 Generates a grid for SVM parameters. More...
 
static Ptr< ParamGridgetDefaultGridPtr (int param_id)
 Generates a grid for SVM parameters. More...
 
static Ptr< SVMload (const String &filepath)
 Loads and creates a serialized svm from a file. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from cv::ml::StatModel
template<typename _Tp >
static Ptr< _Tp > train (const Ptr< TrainData > &data, int flags=0)
 Create and train model with default parameters. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from cv::Algorithm
template<typename _Tp >
static Ptr< _Tp > load (const String &filename, const String &objname=String())
 Loads algorithm from the file. More...
 
template<typename _Tp >
static Ptr< _Tp > loadFromString (const String &strModel, const String &objname=String())
 Loads algorithm from a String. More...
 
template<typename _Tp >
static Ptr< _Tp > read (const FileNode &fn)
 Reads algorithm from the file node. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from cv::Algorithm
void writeFormat (FileStorage &fs) const
 

Detailed Description

Support Vector Machines.

See also
Support Vector Machines

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ KernelTypes

SVM kernel type

A comparison of different kernels on the following 2D test case with four classes. Four SVM::C_SVC SVMs have been trained (one against rest) with auto_train. Evaluation on three different kernels (SVM::CHI2, SVM::INTER, SVM::RBF). The color depicts the class with max score. Bright means max-score > 0, dark means max-score < 0.

SVM_Comparison.png
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Enumerator
CUSTOM 

Returned by SVM::getKernelType in case when custom kernel has been set

LINEAR 

Linear kernel. No mapping is done, linear discrimination (or regression) is done in the original feature space. It is the fastest option. \(K(x_i, x_j) = x_i^T x_j\).

POLY 

Polynomial kernel: \(K(x_i, x_j) = (\gamma x_i^T x_j + coef0)^{degree}, \gamma > 0\).

RBF 

Radial basis function (RBF), a good choice in most cases. \(K(x_i, x_j) = e^{-\gamma ||x_i - x_j||^2}, \gamma > 0\).

SIGMOID 

Sigmoid kernel: \(K(x_i, x_j) = \tanh(\gamma x_i^T x_j + coef0)\).

CHI2 

Exponential Chi2 kernel, similar to the RBF kernel: \(K(x_i, x_j) = e^{-\gamma \chi^2(x_i,x_j)}, \chi^2(x_i,x_j) = (x_i-x_j)^2/(x_i+x_j), \gamma > 0\).

INTER 

Histogram intersection kernel. A fast kernel. \(K(x_i, x_j) = min(x_i,x_j)\).

◆ ParamTypes

SVM params type

Enumerator
GAMMA 
NU 
COEF 
DEGREE 

◆ Types

SVM type

Enumerator
C_SVC 

C-Support Vector Classification. n-class classification (n \(\geq\) 2), allows imperfect separation of classes with penalty multiplier C for outliers.

NU_SVC 

\(\nu\)-Support Vector Classification. n-class classification with possible imperfect separation. Parameter \(\nu\) (in the range 0..1, the larger the value, the smoother the decision boundary) is used instead of C.

ONE_CLASS 

Distribution Estimation (One-class SVM). All the training data are from the same class, SVM builds a boundary that separates the class from the rest of the feature space.

EPS_SVR 

\(\epsilon\)-Support Vector Regression. The distance between feature vectors from the training set and the fitting hyper-plane must be less than p. For outliers the penalty multiplier C is used.

NU_SVR 

\(\nu\)-Support Vector Regression. \(\nu\) is used instead of p. See [41] for details.

Member Function Documentation

◆ create()

static Ptr<SVM> cv::ml::SVM::create ( )
static
Python:
cv.ml.SVM_create() -> retval

Creates empty model. Use StatModel::train to train the model. Since SVM has several parameters, you may want to find the best parameters for your problem, it can be done with SVM::trainAuto.

Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ getC()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getC ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getC() -> retval

Parameter C of a SVM optimization problem. For SVM::C_SVC, SVM::EPS_SVR or SVM::NU_SVR. Default value is 0.

See also
setC

◆ getClassWeights()

virtual cv::Mat cv::ml::SVM::getClassWeights ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getClassWeights() -> retval

Optional weights in the SVM::C_SVC problem, assigned to particular classes. They are multiplied by C so the parameter C of class i becomes classWeights(i) * C. Thus these weights affect the misclassification penalty for different classes. The larger weight, the larger penalty on misclassification of data from the corresponding class. Default value is empty Mat.

See also
setClassWeights

◆ getCoef0()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getCoef0 ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getCoef0() -> retval

Parameter coef0 of a kernel function. For SVM::POLY or SVM::SIGMOID. Default value is 0.

See also
setCoef0

◆ getDecisionFunction()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getDecisionFunction ( int  i,
OutputArray  alpha,
OutputArray  svidx 
) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getDecisionFunction(i[, alpha[, svidx]]) -> retval, alpha, svidx

Retrieves the decision function.

Parameters
ithe index of the decision function. If the problem solved is regression, 1-class or 2-class classification, then there will be just one decision function and the index should always be 0. Otherwise, in the case of N-class classification, there will be \(N(N-1)/2\) decision functions.
alphathe optional output vector for weights, corresponding to different support vectors. In the case of linear SVM all the alpha's will be 1's.
svidxthe optional output vector of indices of support vectors within the matrix of support vectors (which can be retrieved by SVM::getSupportVectors). In the case of linear SVM each decision function consists of a single "compressed" support vector.

The method returns rho parameter of the decision function, a scalar subtracted from the weighted sum of kernel responses.

Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ getDefaultGrid()

static ParamGrid cv::ml::SVM::getDefaultGrid ( int  param_id)
static

Generates a grid for SVM parameters.

Parameters
param_idSVM parameters IDs that must be one of the SVM::ParamTypes. The grid is generated for the parameter with this ID.

The function generates a grid for the specified parameter of the SVM algorithm. The grid may be passed to the function SVM::trainAuto.

◆ getDefaultGridPtr()

static Ptr<ParamGrid> cv::ml::SVM::getDefaultGridPtr ( int  param_id)
static
Python:
cv.ml.SVM_getDefaultGridPtr(param_id) -> retval

Generates a grid for SVM parameters.

Parameters
param_idSVM parameters IDs that must be one of the SVM::ParamTypes. The grid is generated for the parameter with this ID.

The function generates a grid pointer for the specified parameter of the SVM algorithm. The grid may be passed to the function SVM::trainAuto.

◆ getDegree()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getDegree ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getDegree() -> retval

Parameter degree of a kernel function. For SVM::POLY. Default value is 0.

See also
setDegree

◆ getGamma()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getGamma ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getGamma() -> retval

Parameter \(\gamma\) of a kernel function. For SVM::POLY, SVM::RBF, SVM::SIGMOID or SVM::CHI2. Default value is 1.

See also
setGamma

◆ getKernelType()

virtual int cv::ml::SVM::getKernelType ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getKernelType() -> retval

Type of a SVM kernel. See SVM::KernelTypes. Default value is SVM::RBF.

◆ getNu()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getNu ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getNu() -> retval

Parameter \(\nu\) of a SVM optimization problem. For SVM::NU_SVC, SVM::ONE_CLASS or SVM::NU_SVR. Default value is 0.

See also
setNu

◆ getP()

virtual double cv::ml::SVM::getP ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getP() -> retval

Parameter \(\epsilon\) of a SVM optimization problem. For SVM::EPS_SVR. Default value is 0.

See also
setP

◆ getSupportVectors()

virtual Mat cv::ml::SVM::getSupportVectors ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getSupportVectors() -> retval

Retrieves all the support vectors.

The method returns all the support vectors as a floating-point matrix, where support vectors are stored as matrix rows.

Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ getTermCriteria()

virtual cv::TermCriteria cv::ml::SVM::getTermCriteria ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getTermCriteria() -> retval

Termination criteria of the iterative SVM training procedure which solves a partial case of constrained quadratic optimization problem. You can specify tolerance and/or the maximum number of iterations. Default value is TermCriteria( TermCriteria::MAX_ITER + TermCriteria::EPS, 1000, FLT_EPSILON );

See also
setTermCriteria

◆ getType()

virtual int cv::ml::SVM::getType ( ) const
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getType() -> retval

Type of a SVM formulation. See SVM::Types. Default value is SVM::C_SVC.

See also
setType

◆ getUncompressedSupportVectors()

Mat cv::ml::SVM::getUncompressedSupportVectors ( ) const
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.getUncompressedSupportVectors() -> retval

Retrieves all the uncompressed support vectors of a linear SVM.

The method returns all the uncompressed support vectors of a linear SVM that the compressed support vector, used for prediction, was derived from. They are returned in a floating-point matrix, where the support vectors are stored as matrix rows.

◆ load()

static Ptr<SVM> cv::ml::SVM::load ( const String filepath)
static
Python:
cv.ml.SVM_load(filepath) -> retval

Loads and creates a serialized svm from a file.

Use SVM::save to serialize and store an SVM to disk. Load the SVM from this file again, by calling this function with the path to the file.

Parameters
filepathpath to serialized svm

◆ setC()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setC ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setC(val) -> None

See also
getC
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setClassWeights()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setClassWeights ( const cv::Mat val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setClassWeights(val) -> None

See also
getClassWeights

◆ setCoef0()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setCoef0 ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setCoef0(val) -> None

See also
getCoef0
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setCustomKernel()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setCustomKernel ( const Ptr< Kernel > &  _kernel)
pure virtual

Initialize with custom kernel. See SVM::Kernel class for implementation details

◆ setDegree()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setDegree ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setDegree(val) -> None

◆ setGamma()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setGamma ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setGamma(val) -> None

See also
getGamma
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setKernel()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setKernel ( int  kernelType)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setKernel(kernelType) -> None

Initialize with one of predefined kernels. See SVM::KernelTypes.

Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setNu()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setNu ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setNu(val) -> None

See also
getNu
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setP()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setP ( double  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setP(val) -> None

See also
getP
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ setTermCriteria()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setTermCriteria ( const cv::TermCriteria val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setTermCriteria(val) -> None

◆ setType()

virtual void cv::ml::SVM::setType ( int  val)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.setType(val) -> None

See also
getType
Examples:
samples/cpp/train_HOG.cpp.

◆ trainAuto() [1/2]

virtual bool cv::ml::SVM::trainAuto ( const Ptr< TrainData > &  data,
int  kFold = 10,
ParamGrid  Cgrid = getDefaultGrid(C),
ParamGrid  gammaGrid = getDefaultGrid(GAMMA),
ParamGrid  pGrid = getDefaultGrid(P),
ParamGrid  nuGrid = getDefaultGrid(NU),
ParamGrid  coeffGrid = getDefaultGrid(COEF),
ParamGrid  degreeGrid = getDefaultGrid(DEGREE),
bool  balanced = false 
)
pure virtual
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.trainAuto(samples, layout, responses[, kFold[, Cgrid[, gammaGrid[, pGrid[, nuGrid[, coeffGrid[, degreeGrid[, balanced]]]]]]]]) -> retval

Trains an SVM with optimal parameters.

Parameters
datathe training data that can be constructed using TrainData::create or TrainData::loadFromCSV.
kFoldCross-validation parameter. The training set is divided into kFold subsets. One subset is used to test the model, the others form the train set. So, the SVM algorithm is executed kFold times.
Cgridgrid for C
gammaGridgrid for gamma
pGridgrid for p
nuGridgrid for nu
coeffGridgrid for coeff
degreeGridgrid for degree
balancedIf true and the problem is 2-class classification then the method creates more balanced cross-validation subsets that is proportions between classes in subsets are close to such proportion in the whole train dataset.

The method trains the SVM model automatically by choosing the optimal parameters C, gamma, p, nu, coef0, degree. Parameters are considered optimal when the cross-validation estimate of the test set error is minimal.

If there is no need to optimize a parameter, the corresponding grid step should be set to any value less than or equal to 1. For example, to avoid optimization in gamma, set gammaGrid.step = 0, gammaGrid.minVal, gamma_grid.maxVal as arbitrary numbers. In this case, the value Gamma is taken for gamma.

And, finally, if the optimization in a parameter is required but the corresponding grid is unknown, you may call the function SVM::getDefaultGrid. To generate a grid, for example, for gamma, call SVM::getDefaultGrid(SVM::GAMMA).

This function works for the classification (SVM::C_SVC or SVM::NU_SVC) as well as for the regression (SVM::EPS_SVR or SVM::NU_SVR). If it is SVM::ONE_CLASS, no optimization is made and the usual SVM with parameters specified in params is executed.

◆ trainAuto() [2/2]

bool cv::ml::SVM::trainAuto ( InputArray  samples,
int  layout,
InputArray  responses,
int  kFold = 10,
Ptr< ParamGrid Cgrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::C),
Ptr< ParamGrid gammaGrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::GAMMA),
Ptr< ParamGrid pGrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::P),
Ptr< ParamGrid nuGrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::NU),
Ptr< ParamGrid coeffGrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::COEF),
Ptr< ParamGrid degreeGrid = SVM::getDefaultGridPtr(SVM::DEGREE),
bool  balanced = false 
)
Python:
cv.ml_SVM.trainAuto(samples, layout, responses[, kFold[, Cgrid[, gammaGrid[, pGrid[, nuGrid[, coeffGrid[, degreeGrid[, balanced]]]]]]]]) -> retval

Trains an SVM with optimal parameters.

Parameters
samplestraining samples
layoutSee ml::SampleTypes.
responsesvector of responses associated with the training samples.
kFoldCross-validation parameter. The training set is divided into kFold subsets. One subset is used to test the model, the others form the train set. So, the SVM algorithm is
Cgridgrid for C
gammaGridgrid for gamma
pGridgrid for p
nuGridgrid for nu
coeffGridgrid for coeff
degreeGridgrid for degree
balancedIf true and the problem is 2-class classification then the method creates more balanced cross-validation subsets that is proportions between classes in subsets are close to such proportion in the whole train dataset.

The method trains the SVM model automatically by choosing the optimal parameters C, gamma, p, nu, coef0, degree. Parameters are considered optimal when the cross-validation estimate of the test set error is minimal.

This function only makes use of SVM::getDefaultGrid for parameter optimization and thus only offers rudimentary parameter options.

This function works for the classification (SVM::C_SVC or SVM::NU_SVC) as well as for the regression (SVM::EPS_SVR or SVM::NU_SVR). If it is SVM::ONE_CLASS, no optimization is made and the usual SVM with parameters specified in params is executed.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: