SVM Tools

SVM Tools provide some simple node wrappers around libsvm to train and test models.

Installation

• Install libsvm`
• Ensure that svm-train and svm-predict are in the executable path
• Install node and npm
• Install node dependencies: npm install

CLI Usage

Generate a model:

svm-gen [train.csv] [model.json]

Test a generated model:

svm-test [test.csv] [model.json] [report.csv]

Train/Test File Format (CSV):

• First element is the zone label
• Other elements are beacon measurements of the form BEACONID:RSSI

Example:

1,1-2:-71,1-1:-69,1-3:-86,1-4:-88

Model File Format

{
  "simple": {
    "mapping": {
      BEACON_ID: ZONE_ID
    }
  },
  "svm": {
    "mapping": {
      BEACON_ID: SVM_FEATURE_ID
    },
    "zones": [ZONE_ID]
    "model": SVM_MODEL_DEF
  }
}

Programmatic Usage

var svmTools = require('svm-tools');

// generate a model
svmTools.train(data, progressCallback).then(function (model) { ... });

// test a model
svmTools.test(data, model).then(function (report) { ... });

Testdata Object:

[{
  "zone": ZONE_ID,
  "data": [{
    "date": TIMESTAMP (optional),
    "gps": {
      "east": GPS_EAST (optional),
      "north": GPS_NORTH (optional),
      "accuracy": GPS_ACCURACY (optional)
    },
    "beacons": [{
      "uuid": BEACON_UUID,
      "major": BEACON_MAJOR,
      "minor": BEACON_MINOR,
      "rssi": BEACON_RSSI
    }]
  }]
}]

Model Object (see description in section CLI Usage).

Conversion scripts

• convert.js converts a legacy .csv file (from the BeaconScanner, see that repository) into one that can be used by svm-gen
• convertCSV.js converts the result of convert.js into a json that can be imported into an inform-location-server (see that repository)

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Jonathan Diehl

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