def test_split(index, value, dataset): left, right = list(), list() for row in dataset: if row[index] < value: left.append(row) else: right.append(row) return left, right # Calculate the Gini index for a split dataset def gini_index(groups, classes): # count all samples at split point n_instances = float(sum([len(group) for group in groups])) # sum weighted Gini index for each group gini = 0.0 for group in groups: size = float(len(group)) # avoid divide by zero if size == 0: continue score = 0.0 # score the group based on the score for each class for class_val in classes: p = [row[-1] for row in group].count(class_val) / size score += p * p # weight the group score by its relative size gini += (1.0 - score) * (size / n_instances) return gini # Select the best split point for a dataset def get_split(dataset): class_values = list(set(row[-1] for row in dataset)) b_index, b_value, b_score, b_groups = 999, 999, 999, None for index in range(len(dataset[0])-1): for row in dataset: groups = test_split(index, row[index], dataset) gini = gini_index(groups, class_values) print('X%d < %.3f Gini=%.3f' % ((index+1), row[index], gini)) if gini < b_score: b_index, b_value, b_score, b_groups = index, row[index], gini, groups return {'index':b_index, 'value':b_value, 'groups':b_groups} dataset = [[2.771244718,1.784783929,0], [1.728571309,1.169761413,0], [3.678319846,2.81281357,0], [3.961043357,2.61995032,0], [2.999208922,2.209014212,0], [7.497545867,3.162953546,1], [9.00220326,3.339047188,1], [7.444542326,0.476683375,1], [10.12493903,3.234550982,1], [6.642287351,3.319983761,1]] split = get_split(dataset) print('Split: [X%d < %.3f]' % ((split['index']+1), split['value']))