sklearn.learning_curve.validation_curve

sklearn.learning_curve.validation_curve(estimator, X, y, param_name, param_range, cv=None, scoring=None, n_jobs=1, pre_dispatch='all', verbose=0)[source]

Validation curve.

Determine training and test scores for varying parameter values.

Compute scores for an estimator with different values of a specified parameter. This is similar to grid search with one parameter. However, this will also compute training scores and is merely a utility for plotting the results.

Read more in the User Guide.

Parameters:

estimator : object type that implements the “fit” and “predict” methods

An object of that type which is cloned for each validation.

X : array-like, shape (n_samples, n_features)

Training vector, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features.

y : array-like, shape (n_samples) or (n_samples, n_features), optional

Target relative to X for classification or regression; None for unsupervised learning.

param_name : string

Name of the parameter that will be varied.

param_range : array-like, shape (n_values,)

The values of the parameter that will be evaluated.

cv : integer, cross-validation generator, optional

If an integer is passed, it is the number of folds (defaults to 3). Specific cross-validation objects can be passed, see sklearn.cross_validation module for the list of possible objects

scoring : string, callable or None, optional, default: None

A string (see model evaluation documentation) or a scorer callable object / function with signature scorer(estimator, X, y).

n_jobs : integer, optional

Number of jobs to run in parallel (default 1).

pre_dispatch : integer or string, optional

Number of predispatched jobs for parallel execution (default is all). The option can reduce the allocated memory. The string can be an expression like ‘2*n_jobs’.

verbose : integer, optional

Controls the verbosity: the higher, the more messages.

Returns:

train_scores : array, shape (n_ticks, n_cv_folds)

Scores on training sets.

test_scores : array, shape (n_ticks, n_cv_folds)

Scores on test set.

Notes

See examples/model_selection/plot_validation_curve.py

Examples using sklearn.learning_curve.validation_curve