#!/usr/bin/python # The contents of this file are in the public domain. See LICENSE_FOR_EXAMPLE_PROGRAMS.txt # # # This is an example illustrating the use of a binary SVM classifier tool from # the dlib C++ Library. In this example, we will create a simple test dataset # and show how to learn a classifier from it. # # # COMPILING/INSTALLING THE DLIB PYTHON INTERFACE # You can install dlib using the command: # pip install dlib # # Alternatively, if you want to compile dlib yourself then go into the dlib # root folder and run: # python setup.py install # # Compiling dlib should work on any operating system so long as you have # CMake installed. On Ubuntu, this can be done easily by running the # command: # sudo apt-get install cmake # import dlib try: import cPickle as pickle except ImportError: import pickle x = dlib.vectors() y = dlib.array() # Make a training dataset. Here we have just two training examples. Normally # you would use a much larger training dataset, but for the purpose of example # this is plenty. For binary classification, the y labels should all be either +1 or -1. x.append(dlib.vector([1, 2, 3, -1, -2, -3])) y.append(+1) x.append(dlib.vector([-1, -2, -3, 1, 2, 3])) y.append(-1) # Now make a training object. This object is responsible for turning a # training dataset into a prediction model. This one here is a SVM trainer # that uses a linear kernel. If you wanted to use a RBF kernel or histogram # intersection kernel you could change it to one of these lines: # svm = dlib.svm_c_trainer_histogram_intersection() # svm = dlib.svm_c_trainer_radial_basis() svm = dlib.svm_c_trainer_linear() svm.be_verbose() svm.set_c(10) # Now train the model. The return value is the trained model capable of making predictions. classifier = svm.train(x, y) # Now run the model on our data and look at the results. print("prediction for first sample: {}".format(classifier(x[0]))) print("prediction for second sample: {}".format(classifier(x[1]))) # classifier models can also be pickled in the same was as any other python object. with open('saved_model.pickle', 'wb') as handle: pickle.dump(classifier, handle, 2)