Bucketizer

Bucketizer #

Bucketizer is an algorithm that maps multiple columns of continuous features to multiple columns of discrete features, i.e., buckets indices. The indices are in [0, numSplitsInThisColumn - 1].

Input Columns #

Param name Type Default Description
inputCols Number null Continuous features to be bucketized.

Output Columns #

Param name Type Default Description
outputCols Double null Discretized features.

Parameters #

Key Default Type Required Description
inputCols null String[] yes Input column names.
outputCols null String[] yes Output column names.
handleInvalid "error" String no Strategy to handle invalid entries. Supported values: ‘error’, ‘skip’, ‘keep’.
splitsArray null Double[][] yes Array of split points for mapping continuous features into buckets.

Examples #

import org.apache.flink.ml.common.param.HasHandleInvalid;
import org.apache.flink.ml.feature.bucketizer.Bucketizer;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
import org.apache.flink.table.api.Table;
import org.apache.flink.table.api.bridge.java.StreamTableEnvironment;
import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
import org.apache.flink.util.CloseableIterator;

import java.util.Arrays;

/** Simple program that creates a Bucketizer instance and uses it for feature engineering. */
public class BucketizerExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        StreamExecutionEnvironment env = StreamExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
        StreamTableEnvironment tEnv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(env);

        // Generates input data.
        DataStream<Row> inputStream = env.fromElements(Row.of(-0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0));
        Table inputTable = tEnv.fromDataStream(inputStream).as("f1", "f2", "f3", "f4");

        // Creates a Bucketizer object and initializes its parameters.
        Double[][] splitsArray =
                new Double[][] {
                    new Double[] {-0.5, 0.0, 0.5},
                    new Double[] {-1.0, 0.0, 2.0},
                    new Double[] {Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 10.0, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY},
                    new Double[] {Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 1.5, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY}
                };
        Bucketizer bucketizer =
                new Bucketizer()
                        .setInputCols("f1", "f2", "f3", "f4")
                        .setOutputCols("o1", "o2", "o3", "o4")
                        .setSplitsArray(splitsArray)
                        .setHandleInvalid(HasHandleInvalid.SKIP_INVALID);

        // Uses the Bucketizer object for feature transformations.
        Table outputTable = bucketizer.transform(inputTable)[0];

        // Extracts and displays the results.
        for (CloseableIterator<Row> it = outputTable.execute().collect(); it.hasNext(); ) {
            Row row = it.next();

            double[] inputValues = new double[bucketizer.getInputCols().length];
            double[] outputValues = new double[bucketizer.getInputCols().length];
            for (int i = 0; i < inputValues.length; i++) {
                inputValues[i] = (double) row.getField(bucketizer.getInputCols()[i]);
                outputValues[i] = (double) row.getField(bucketizer.getOutputCols()[i]);
            }

            System.out.printf(
                    "Input Values: %s\tOutput Values: %s\n",
                    Arrays.toString(inputValues), Arrays.toString(outputValues));
        }
    }
}

# Simple program that creates a Bucketizer instance and uses it for feature
# engineering.

from pyflink.common import Types
from pyflink.datastream import StreamExecutionEnvironment
from pyflink.ml.feature.bucketizer import Bucketizer
from pyflink.table import StreamTableEnvironment

# create a new StreamExecutionEnvironment
env = StreamExecutionEnvironment.get_execution_environment()

# create a StreamTableEnvironment
t_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(env)

# generate input data
input_data = t_env.from_data_stream(
    env.from_collection([
        (-0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0),
    ],
        type_info=Types.ROW_NAMED(
            ['f1', 'f2', 'f3', 'f4'],
            [Types.DOUBLE(), Types.DOUBLE(), Types.DOUBLE(), Types.DOUBLE()])
    ))

# create a bucketizer object and initialize its parameters
splits_array = [
    [-0.5, 0.0, 0.5],
    [-1.0, 0.0, 2.0],
    [float('-inf'), 10.0, float('inf')],
    [float('-inf'), 1.5, float('inf')],
]

bucketizer = Bucketizer() \
    .set_input_cols('f1', 'f2', 'f3', 'f4') \
    .set_output_cols('o1', 'o2', 'o3', 'o4') \
    .set_splits_array(splits_array)

# use the bucketizer model for feature engineering
output = bucketizer.transform(input_data)[0]

# extract and display the results
field_names = output.get_schema().get_field_names()
input_values = [None for _ in bucketizer.get_input_cols()]
output_values = [None for _ in bucketizer.get_input_cols()]
for result in t_env.to_data_stream(output).execute_and_collect():
    for i in range(len(bucketizer.get_input_cols())):
        input_values[i] = result[field_names.index(bucketizer.get_input_cols()[i])]
        output_values[i] = result[field_names.index(bucketizer.get_output_cols()[i])]
    print('Input Values: ' + str(input_values) + '\tOutput Values: ' + str(output_values))