8.16.4.9. sklearn.metrics.pairwise.pairwise_kernels¶
- sklearn.metrics.pairwise.pairwise_kernels(X, Y=None, metric='linear', **kwds)¶
Compute the kernel between arrays X and optional array Y.
This method takes either a vector array or a kernel matrix, and returns a kernel matrix. If the input is a vector array, the kernels are computed. If the input is a kernel matrix, it is returned instead.
This method provides a safe way to take a kernel matrix as input, while preserving compatability with many other algorithms that take a vector array.
If Y is given (default is None), then the returned matrix is the pairwise kernel between the arrays from both X and Y.
- Valid values for metric are::
- [‘rbf’, ‘sigmoid’, ‘polynomial’, ‘poly’, ‘linear’]
Parameters : X : array [n_samples_a, n_samples_a] if metric == “precomputed”, or, [n_samples_a, n_features] otherwise
Array of pairwise kernels between samples, or a feature array.
Y : array [n_samples_b, n_features]
A second feature array only if X has shape [n_samples_a, n_features].
metric : string, or callable
The metric to use when calculating kernel between instances in a feature array. If metric is a string, it must be one of the metrics in pairwise.pairwise_kernel_functions. If metric is “precomputed”, X is assumed to be a kernel matrix and must be square. Alternatively, if metric is a callable function, it is called on each pair of instances (rows) and the resulting value recorded. The callable should take two arrays from X as input and return a value indicating the distance between them.
`**kwds` : optional keyword parameters
Any further parameters are passed directly to the kernel function.
Returns : K : array [n_samples_a, n_samples_a] or [n_samples_a, n_samples_b]
A kernel matrix K such that K_{i, j} is the kernel between the ith and jth vectors of the given matrix X, if Y is None. If Y is not None, then K_{i, j} is the kernel between the ith array from X and the jth array from Y.