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// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
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//
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// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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// (at your option) any later version.
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//
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// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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// GNU General Public License for more details.
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//
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// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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// along with Moodle. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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/**
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* Base time splitting method.
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*
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* @package core_analytics
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* @copyright 2016 David Monllao {@link http://www.davidmonllao.com}
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* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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*/
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namespace core_analytics\local\time_splitting;
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defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
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/**
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* Base time splitting method.
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*
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* @package core_analytics
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* @copyright 2016 David Monllao {@link http://www.davidmonllao.com}
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* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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*/
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abstract class base {
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/**
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* @var string
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*/
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protected $id;
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/**
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* The model id.
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*
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* @var int
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*/
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protected $modelid;
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/**
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* @var \core_analytics\analysable
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*/
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protected $analysable;
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/**
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* @var array
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*/
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protected $ranges = [];
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/**
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* Define the time splitting methods ranges.
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*
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* 'time' value defines when predictions are executed, their values will be compared with
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* the current time in ready_to_predict. The ranges should be sorted by 'time' in
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* ascending order.
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*
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* @return array('start' => time(), 'end' => time(), 'time' => time())
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*/
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abstract protected function define_ranges();
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/**
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* Returns a lang_string object representing the name for the time splitting method.
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*
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* Used as column identificator.
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*
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* If there is a corresponding '_help' string this will be shown as well.
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*
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* @return \lang_string
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*/
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abstract public static function get_name(): \lang_string;
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/**
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* Returns the time splitting method id.
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*
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* @return string
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*/
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public function get_id() {
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return '\\' . get_class($this);
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}
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/**
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* Assigns the analysable and updates the time ranges according to the analysable start and end dates.
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*
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* @param \core_analytics\analysable $analysable
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* @return void
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*/
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public function set_analysable(\core_analytics\analysable $analysable) {
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$this->analysable = $analysable;
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$this->ranges = $this->define_ranges();
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$this->validate_ranges();
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}
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/**
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* Assigns the model id to this time-splitting method it case it needs it.
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*
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* @param int $modelid
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*/
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public function set_modelid(int $modelid) {
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$this->modelid = $modelid;
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}
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/**
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* get_analysable
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*
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* @return \core_analytics\analysable
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*/
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public function get_analysable() {
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return $this->analysable;
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}
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/**
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* Returns whether the course can be processed by this time splitting method or not.
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*
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* @param \core_analytics\analysable $analysable
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* @return bool
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*/
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public function is_valid_analysable(\core_analytics\analysable $analysable) {
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return true;
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}
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/**
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* Should we predict this time range now?
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*
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* @param array $range
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* @return bool
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*/
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public function ready_to_predict($range) {
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if ($range['time'] <= time()) {
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return true;
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}
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return false;
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}
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* Should we use this time range for training?
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*
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* @param array $range
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* @return bool
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public function ready_to_train($range) {
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$now = time();
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if ($range['time'] <= $now && $range['end'] <= $now) {
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return true;
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}
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return false;
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}
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* Returns the ranges used by this time splitting method.
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*
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* @return array
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*/
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public function get_all_ranges() {
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return $this->ranges;
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}
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/**
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* By default all ranges are for training.
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* @return array
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*/
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public function get_training_ranges() {
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return $this->ranges;
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}
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/**
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* Returns the distinct range indexes in this time splitting method.
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*
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* @return int[]
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*/
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public function get_distinct_ranges() {
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if ($this->include_range_info_in_training_data()) {
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return array_keys($this->ranges);
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} else {
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return [0];
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}
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}
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/**
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* Returns the most recent range that can be used to predict.
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*
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* This method is only called when calculating predictions.
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*
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* @return array
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*/
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public function get_most_recent_prediction_range() {
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$ranges = $this->get_all_ranges();
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// Opposite order as we are interested in the last range that can be used for prediction.
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krsort($ranges);
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// We already provided the analysable to the time splitting method, there is no need to feed it back.
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foreach ($ranges as $rangeindex => $range) {
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if ($this->ready_to_predict($range)) {
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// We need to maintain the same indexes.
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return array($rangeindex => $range);
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}
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}
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return array();
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}
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/**
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* Returns range data by its index.
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*
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* @param int $rangeindex
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* @return array|false Range data or false if the index is not part of the existing ranges.
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*/
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public function get_range_by_index($rangeindex) {
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if (!isset($this->ranges[$rangeindex])) {
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return false;
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}
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return $this->ranges[$rangeindex];
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}
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/**
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* Generates a unique sample id (sample in a range index).
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* @param int $sampleid
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* @param int $rangeindex
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* @return string
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*/
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final public function append_rangeindex($sampleid, $rangeindex) {
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return $sampleid . '-' . $rangeindex;
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}
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* Returns the sample id and the range index from a uniquesampleid.
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* @param string $uniquesampleid
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* @return array array($sampleid, $rangeindex)
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*/
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final public function infer_sample_info($uniquesampleid) {
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return explode('-', $uniquesampleid);
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}
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* Whether to include the range index in the training data or not.
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*
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* By default, we consider that the different time ranges included in a time splitting method may not be
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* compatible between them (i.e. the indicators calculated at the end of the course can easily
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* differ from indicators calculated at the beginning of the course). So we include the range index as
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* one of the variables that the machine learning backend uses to generate predictions.
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*
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* If the indicators calculated using the different time ranges available in this time splitting method
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* are comparable you can overwrite this method to return false.
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*
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* Note that:
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* - This is only relevant for models whose predictions are not based on assumptions
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* (i.e. the ones using a machine learning backend to generate predictions).
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* - The ranges can only be included in the training data when
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* we know the final number of ranges the time splitting method will have. E.g.
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* We can not know the final number of ranges of a 'daily' time splitting method
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* as we will have one new range every day.
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* @return bool
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*/
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public function include_range_info_in_training_data() {
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return true;
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}
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/**
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* Whether to cache or not the indicator calculations.
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*
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* Indicator calculations are stored to be reused across models. The calculations
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* are indexed by the calculation start and end time, and these times depend on the
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* time-splitting method. You should overwrite this method and return false if the time
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* frames generated by your time-splitting method are unique and / or can hardly be
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* reused by further models.
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* @return bool
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*/
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public function cache_indicator_calculations(): bool {
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return true;
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}
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/**
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* Is this method valid to evaluate prediction models?
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*
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* @return bool
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*/
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public function valid_for_evaluation(): bool {
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return true;
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}
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/**
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* Validates the time splitting method ranges.
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*
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* @throws \coding_exception
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* @return void
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*/
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protected function validate_ranges() {
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foreach ($this->ranges as $key => $range) {
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if (!isset($this->ranges[$key]['start']) || !isset($this->ranges[$key]['end']) ||
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!isset($this->ranges[$key]['time'])) {
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throw new \coding_exception($this->get_id() . ' time splitting method "' . $key .
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'" range is not fully defined. We need a start timestamp and an end timestamp.');
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}
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}
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}
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}
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