#!/usr/bin/env python # This implements the FastMap algorithm # for mapping points where only the distance between them is known # to N-dimension coordinates. # The FastMap algorithm was published in: # # FastMap: a fast algorithm for indexing, data-mining and # visualization of traditional and multimedia datasets # by Christos Faloutsos and King-Ip Lin # http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=223812 # This code made available under the BSD license, # details at the bottom of the file # Copyright (c) 2009, Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes import math import random # need scipy as usual import scipy # we will repeat the pick-pivot points heuristic this many times # a higher value means "better" results, but 1 also works well DISTANCE_ITERATIONS=1 class FastMap: def __init__(self, dist,verbose=False): if dist.max()>1: dist/=dist.max() self.dist=dist self.verbose=verbose def _furthest(self, o): mx=-1000000 idx=-1 for i in range(len(self.dist)): d=self._dist(i,o, self.col) if d>mx: mx=d idx=i return idx def _pickPivot(self): """Find the two most distant points""" o1=random.randint(0, len(self.dist)-1) o2=-1 i=DISTANCE_ITERATIONS while i>0: o=self._furthest(o1) if o==o2: break o2=o o=self._furthest(o2) if o==o1: break o1=o i-=1 self.pivots[self.col]=(o1,o2) return (o1,o2) def _map(self, K): if K==0: return px,py=self._pickPivot() if self.verbose: print "Picked %d,%d at K=%d"%(px,py,K) if self._dist(px,py,self.col)==0: return for i in range(len(self.dist)): self.res[i][self.col]=self._x(i, px,py) self.col+=1 self._map(K-1) def _x(self,i,x,y): """Project the i'th point onto the line defined by x and y""" dix=self._dist(i,x,self.col) diy=self._dist(i,y,self.col) dxy=self._dist(x,y,self.col) return (dix + dxy - diy) / 2*math.sqrt(dxy) def _dist(self, x,y,k): """Recursively compute the distance based on previous projections""" if k==0: return self.dist[x,y]**2 rec=self._dist(x,y, k-1) resd=(self.res[x][k] - self.res[y][k])**2 return rec-resd def map(self, K): self.col=0 self.res=scipy.zeros((len(self.dist),K)) self.pivots=scipy.zeros((K,2),"i") self._map(K) return self.res def fastmap(dist, K): """dist is a NxN distance matrix returns coordinates for each N in K dimensions """ return FastMap(dist,True).map(K) # Below here are methods for testing def vlen(x,y): return math.sqrt(sum((x-y)**2)) def distmatrix(p, c=vlen): dist=scipy.zeros((len(p),len(p))) for x in range(len(p)): for y in range(x,len(p)): if x==y: continue dist[x,y]=c(p[x], p[y]) dist[y,x]=dist[x,y] return dist def distortion(d1,d2): return scipy.sum(((d1/d1.max())-(d2/d2.max()))**2)/d1.size def distortiontest(): points=[] n=10 mean=10 dim=5 print "Generating %d %d-D points randomly distributed between [0-%d]"%(n,dim,mean) for i in range(n): points.append(scipy.array([random.uniform(0,mean) for x in range(dim)])) print "Computing distance matrix" dist=distmatrix(points) print "Mapping" p1=fastmap(dist,1) print "K=1" print "Distortion: ", distortion(distmatrix(p1),dist) p2=fastmap(dist,2) print "K=2" print "Distortion: ", distortion(distmatrix(p1),dist) p3=fastmap(dist,3) print "K=3" print "Distortion: ", distortion(distmatrix(p3),dist) import pylab pylab.scatter([x[0]/mean for x in points], [x[1]/mean for x in points],s=50) pylab.scatter([x[0] for x in p2], [x[1] for x in p2], c="r") pylab.show() def stringtest(): import Levenshtein strings=[ "King Crimson", "King Lear", "Denis Leary", "George Bush", "George W. Bush", "Barack Hussein Obama", "Saddam Hussein", "George Leary" ] dist=distmatrix(strings, c=lambda x,y: 1-Levenshtein.ratio(x,y)) p=fastmap(dist,2) import pylab pylab.scatter([x[0] for x in p], [x[1] for x in p], c="r") for i,s in enumerate(strings): pylab.annotate(s,p[i]) pylab.title("Levenshtein distance mapped to 2D coordinates") pylab.show() if __name__=='__main__': stringtest() #distortiontest() # Copyright (c) 2009, Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes # All rights reserved. # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # * Neither the name of the nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 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