The WinMine Toolkit

1. The WinMine Toolkit Max Chickering

2. Build Statistical Models From Data • Dependency Networks • Bayesian Networks • Local Distributions • Trees • Multinomial / Binary Multinomial • Gaussian / Binary Gaussian • Log Gaussian / Binary Log Gaussian • Complete Tables

3. Data Processing Tools • DataConverter.exe (Interactive) Convert raw text or SQL data into XML format • DataCheck.exe (Command-line) Extract basic statistics from data • DataJoin.exe (Command-line) Perform a join between two datasets • DataSplit.exe (Command-line) Split data into train/test

4. Modeling Tools • PlanEditor.exe (Interactive) Specify roles (e.g. input vs output) and distributions for variables • Dnet.exe (Command line) Build a dependency network or Bayesian network from data • DnetBrowser.exe (Interactive) Interactively browse dependency network or Bayesian network • DnetLogscore.exe (Command Line) Evaluate Prediction accuracy of models

5. Built-In Help: -help Option c:\WinMine Toolkit\Bin>datacheck -help This executable parses a data file and prints out summary statistics. If a marginal statistics file is provided with the '-marg' flag, the executable collects marginal counts for each variable and prints them to that file.

6. Built-In Help: No Arguments c:\WinMine Toolkit\Bin>datacheck Error in command line: required argument '-data' not given syntax for datacheck: Flag Type Description Optional? Default ------------------------------------------------------------- -data string Data file no -report string Report file yes -marg string Marginal counts file yes -silent bool Suppress progress output yes false -help bool Display help yes false c:\WinMine Toolkit\Bin>

7. Interactive Mode c:\WinMine Toolkit\Bin>datacheck -gui

8. WinMine Home Page:http://www.research.microsoft.com/~dmax/WinMine/Tooldoc.htm • Download/Update tools No registry changes: simply copies executables • Online Tutorial Steps through using all of the tools with a simple example • Discussion Group