snowflake.ml.modeling.cluster.Birch¶

class snowflake.ml.modeling.cluster.Birch(*, threshold=0.5, branching_factor=50, n_clusters=3, compute_labels=True, copy=True, input_cols: Optional[Union[str, Iterable[str]]] = None, output_cols: Optional[Union[str, Iterable[str]]] = None, label_cols: Optional[Union[str, Iterable[str]]] = None, passthrough_cols: Optional[Union[str, Iterable[str]]] = None, drop_input_cols: Optional[bool] = False, sample_weight_col: Optional[str] = None)¶

Bases: BaseTransformer

Implements the BIRCH clustering algorithm For more details on this class, see sklearn.cluster.Birch

input_cols: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]]

A string or list of strings representing column names that contain features. If this parameter is not specified, all columns in the input DataFrame except the columns specified by label_cols, sample_weight_col, and passthrough_cols parameters are considered input columns. Input columns can also be set after initialization with the set_input_cols method.

label_cols: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]]

This parameter is optional and will be ignored during fit. It is present here for API consistency by convention.

output_cols: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]]

A string or list of strings representing column names that will store the output of predict and transform operations. The length of output_cols must match the expected number of output columns from the specific predictor or transformer class used. If you omit this parameter, output column names are derived by adding an OUTPUT_ prefix to the label column names for supervised estimators, or OUTPUT_<IDX>for unsupervised estimators. These inferred output column names work for predictors, but output_cols must be set explicitly for transformers. In general, explicitly specifying output column names is clearer, especially if you don’t specify the input column names. To transform in place, pass the same names for input_cols and output_cols. be set explicitly for transformers. Output columns can also be set after initialization with the set_output_cols method.

sample_weight_col: Optional[str]

A string representing the column name containing the sample weights. This argument is only required when working with weighted datasets. Sample weight column can also be set after initialization with the set_sample_weight_col method.

passthrough_cols: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]]

A string or a list of strings indicating column names to be excluded from any operations (such as train, transform, or inference). These specified column(s) will remain untouched throughout the process. This option is helpful in scenarios requiring automatic input_cols inference, but need to avoid using specific columns, like index columns, during training or inference. Passthrough columns can also be set after initialization with the set_passthrough_cols method.

drop_input_cols: Optional[bool], default=False

If set, the response of predict(), transform() methods will not contain input columns.

threshold: float, default=0.5

The radius of the subcluster obtained by merging a new sample and the closest subcluster should be lesser than the threshold. Otherwise a new subcluster is started. Setting this value to be very low promotes splitting and vice-versa.

branching_factor: int, default=50

Maximum number of CF subclusters in each node. If a new samples enters such that the number of subclusters exceed the branching_factor then that node is split into two nodes with the subclusters redistributed in each. The parent subcluster of that node is removed and two new subclusters are added as parents of the 2 split nodes.

n_clusters: int, instance of sklearn.cluster model or None, default=3

Number of clusters after the final clustering step, which treats the subclusters from the leaves as new samples.

• None: the final clustering step is not performed and the subclusters are returned as they are.

• sklearn.cluster Estimator: If a model is provided, the model is fit treating the subclusters as new samples and the initial data is mapped to the label of the closest subcluster.

• int: the model fit is AgglomerativeClustering with n_clusters set to be equal to the int.

compute_labels: bool, default=True

Whether or not to compute labels for each fit.

copy: bool, default=True

Whether or not to make a copy of the given data. If set to False, the initial data will be overwritten.

Methods

fit(dataset)	Build a CF Tree for the input data For more details on this function, see sklearn.cluster.Birch.fit
fit_predict(dataset)	Perform clustering on X and returns cluster labels For more details on this function, see sklearn.cluster.Birch.fit_predict
get_input_cols()	Input columns getter.
get_label_cols()	Label column getter.
get_output_cols()	Output columns getter.
get_params([deep])	Get parameters for this transformer.
get_passthrough_cols()	Passthrough columns getter.
get_sample_weight_col()	Sample weight column getter.
get_sklearn_args([default_sklearn_obj, ...])	Get sklearn keyword arguments.
predict(dataset)	Predict data using the centroids_ of subclusters For more details on this function, see sklearn.cluster.Birch.predict
set_drop_input_cols([drop_input_cols])
set_input_cols(input_cols)	Input columns setter.
set_label_cols(label_cols)	Label column setter.
set_output_cols(output_cols)	Output columns setter.
set_params(**params)	Set the parameters of this transformer.
set_passthrough_cols(passthrough_cols)	Passthrough columns setter.
set_sample_weight_col(sample_weight_col)	Sample weight column setter.
to_sklearn()	Get sklearn.cluster.Birch object.
transform(dataset)	Transform X into subcluster centroids dimension For more details on this function, see sklearn.cluster.Birch.transform

Attributes

model_signatures

Returns model signature of current class.