How to plot a separator line between two data classes?
I have a simple exercise that I am not sure how to do. I have the following data sets:
male100
Year Time
0 1896 12.00
1 1900 11.00
2 1904 11.00
3 1906 11.20
4 1908 10.80
5 1912 10.80
6 1920 10.80
7 1924 10.60
8 1928 10.80
9 1932 10.30
10 1936 10.30
11 1948 10.30
12 1952 10.40
13 1956 10.50
14 1960 10.20
15 1964 10.00
16 1968 9.95
17 1972 10.14
18 1976 10.06
19 1980 10.25
20 1984 9.99
21 1988 9.92
22 1992 9.96
23 1996 9.84
24 2000 9.87
25 2004 9.85
26 2008 9.69
and the second one:
female100
Year Time
0 1928 12.20
1 1932 11.90
2 1936 11.50
3 1948 11.90
4 1952 11.50
5 1956 11.50
6 1960 11.00
7 1964 11.40
8 1968 11.00
9 1972 11.07
10 1976 11.08
11 1980 11.06
12 1984 10.97
13 1988 10.54
14 1992 10.82
15 1996 10.94
16 2000 11.12
17 2004 10.93
18 2008 10.78
I have the following code:
y = -0.014*male100['Year']+38
plt.plot(male100['Year'],y,'r-',color = 'b')
ax = plt.gca() # gca stands for 'get current axis'
ax = male100.plot(x=0,y=1, kind ='scatter', color='g', label="Mens 100m", ax = ax)
female100.plot(x=0,y=1, kind ='scatter', color='r', label="Womens 100m", ax = ax)
Which produces this result:
I need to plot a line that would go exactly between them. So the line would leave all of the green points below it, and the red point above it. How do I do so?
I've tried playing with the parameters of y, but to no avail. I also tried fitting a linear regression to male100 , female100 , and the merged version of them (across rows), but couldn't get any results.
Any help would be appreciated!
A solution is using support vector machine (SVM). You can find two margins that separate two classes of points. Then, the average line of two support vectors is your answer. Notice that it's happened just when these two set of points are linearly separable.
You can use the following code to see the result:
Data Entry
male = [
(1896 , 12.00),
(1900 , 11.00),
(1904 , 11.00),
(1906 , 11.20),
(1908 , 10.80),
(1912 , 10.80),
(1920 , 10.80),
(1924 , 10.60),
(1928 , 10.80),
(1932 , 10.30),
(1936 , 10.30),
(1948 , 10.30),
(1952 , 10.40),
(1956 , 10.50),
(1960 , 10.20),
(1964 , 10.00),
(1968 , 9.95),
(1972 , 10.14),
(1976 , 10.06),
(1980 , 10.25),
(1984 , 9.99),
(1988 , 9.92),
(1992 , 9.96),
(1996 , 9.84),
(2000 , 9.87),
(2004 , 9.85),
(2008 , 9.69)
]
female = [
(1928, 12.20),
(1932, 11.90),
(1936, 11.50),
(1948, 11.90),
(1952, 11.50),
(1956, 11.50),
(1960, 11.00),
(1964, 11.40),
(1968, 11.00),
(1972, 11.07),
(1976, 11.08),
(1980, 11.06),
(1984, 10.97),
(1988, 10.54),
(1992, 10.82),
(1996, 10.94),
(2000, 11.12),
(2004, 10.93),
(2008, 10.78)
]
Main Code
Notice that the value of C is important here. If it is selected to 1, you can't get the preferred result.
from sklearn import svm
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
X = np.array(male + female)
Y = np.array([0] * len(male) + [1] * len(female))
# fit the model
clf = svm.SVC(kernel='linear', C=1000) # C is important here
clf.fit(X, Y)
plt.figure(figsize=(8, 4))
# get the separating hyperplane
w = clf.coef_[0]
a = -w[0] / w[1]
xx = np.linspace(-1000, 10000)
yy = a * xx - (clf.intercept_[0]) / w[1]
plt.figure(1, figsize=(4, 3))
plt.clf()
plt.plot(xx, yy, "k-") #********* This is the separator line ************
plt.scatter(X[:, 0], X[:, 1], c=Y, zorder=10, cmap=plt.cm.Paired,
edgecolors="k")
plt.xlim((1890, 2010))
plt.ylim((9, 13))
plt.show()