""" ================================================= SVM: Separating hyperplane for unbalanced classes ================================================= Find the optimal separating hyperplane using an SVC for classes that are unbalanced. We first find the separating plane with a plain SVC and then plot (dashed) the separating hyperplane with automatically correction for unbalanced classes. """ print(__doc__) import numpy as np import pylab as pl from sklearn import svm # we create 40 separable points rng = np.random.RandomState(0) n_samples_1 = 1000 n_samples_2 = 100 X = np.r_[1.5 * rng.randn(n_samples_1, 2), 0.5 * rng.randn(n_samples_2, 2) + [2, 2]] y = [0] * (n_samples_1) + [1] * (n_samples_2) # fit the model and get the separating hyperplane clf = svm.SVC(kernel='linear', C=1.0) clf.fit(X, y) w = clf.coef_[0] a = -w[0] / w[1] xx = np.linspace(-5, 5) yy = a * xx - clf.intercept_[0] / w[1] # get the separating hyperplane using weighted classes wclf = svm.SVC(kernel='linear', class_weight={1: 10}) wclf.fit(X, y) ww = wclf.coef_[0] wa = -ww[0] / ww[1] wyy = wa * xx - wclf.intercept_[0] / ww[1] # plot separating hyperplanes and samples h0 = pl.plot(xx, yy, 'k-', label='no weights') h1 = pl.plot(xx, wyy, 'k--', label='with weights') pl.scatter(X[:, 0], X[:, 1], c=y, cmap=pl.cm.Paired) pl.legend() pl.axis('tight') pl.show()