sklearn.covariance.MinCovDet  
class sklearn.covariance.MinCovDet(*, store_precision=True, assume_centered=False, support_fraction=None, random_state=None) [source]
 
Minimum Covariance Determinant (MCD): robust estimator of covariance. The Minimum Covariance Determinant covariance estimator is to be applied on Gaussian-distributed data, but could still be relevant on data drawn from a unimodal, symmetric distribution. It is not meant to be used with multi-modal data (the algorithm used to fit a MinCovDet object is likely to fail in such a case). One should consider projection pursuit methods to deal with multi-modal datasets. Read more in the User Guide.  Parameters 
 
store_precisionbool, default=True 

Specify if the estimated precision is stored.  
assume_centeredbool, default=False 

If True, the support of the robust location and the covariance estimates is computed, and a covariance estimate is recomputed from it, without centering the data. Useful to work with data whose mean is significantly equal to zero but is not exactly zero. If False, the robust location and covariance are directly computed with the FastMCD algorithm without additional treatment.  
support_fractionfloat, default=None 

The proportion of points to be included in the support of the raw MCD estimate. Default is None, which implies that the minimum value of support_fraction will be used within the algorithm: (n_sample + n_features + 1) / 2. The parameter must be in the range (0, 1).  
random_stateint, RandomState instance or None, default=None 

Determines the pseudo random number generator for shuffling the data. Pass an int for reproducible results across multiple function calls. See :term: Glossary <random_state>.    Attributes 
 
raw_location_ndarray of shape (n_features,) 

The raw robust estimated location before correction and re-weighting.  
raw_covariance_ndarray of shape (n_features, n_features) 

The raw robust estimated covariance before correction and re-weighting.  
raw_support_ndarray of shape (n_samples,) 

A mask of the observations that have been used to compute the raw robust estimates of location and shape, before correction and re-weighting.  
location_ndarray of shape (n_features,) 

Estimated robust location.  
covariance_ndarray of shape (n_features, n_features) 

Estimated robust covariance matrix.  
precision_ndarray of shape (n_features, n_features) 

Estimated pseudo inverse matrix. (stored only if store_precision is True)  
support_ndarray of shape (n_samples,) 

A mask of the observations that have been used to compute the robust estimates of location and shape.  
dist_ndarray of shape (n_samples,) 

Mahalanobis distances of the training set (on which fit is called) observations.     References  
Rouseeuw1984  
P. J. Rousseeuw. Least median of squares regression. J. Am Stat Ass, 79:871, 1984.  
Rousseeuw  
A Fast Algorithm for the Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimator, 1999, American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality, TECHNOMETRICS  
ButlerDavies  
R. W. Butler, P. L. Davies and M. Jhun, Asymptotics For The Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimator, The Annals of Statistics, 1993, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1385-1400   Examples >>> import numpy as np
>>> from sklearn.covariance import MinCovDet
>>> from sklearn.datasets import make_gaussian_quantiles
>>> real_cov = np.array([[.8, .3],
...                      [.3, .4]])
>>> rng = np.random.RandomState(0)
>>> X = rng.multivariate_normal(mean=[0, 0],
...                                   cov=real_cov,
...                                   size=500)
>>> cov = MinCovDet(random_state=0).fit(X)
>>> cov.covariance_
array([[0.7411..., 0.2535...],
       [0.2535..., 0.3053...]])
>>> cov.location_
array([0.0813... , 0.0427...])
 Methods  
correct_covariance(data) Apply a correction to raw Minimum Covariance Determinant estimates.  
error_norm(comp_cov[, norm, scaling, squared]) Computes the Mean Squared Error between two covariance estimators.  
fit(X[, y]) Fits a Minimum Covariance Determinant with the FastMCD algorithm.  
get_params([deep]) Get parameters for this estimator.  
get_precision() Getter for the precision matrix.  
mahalanobis(X) Computes the squared Mahalanobis distances of given observations.  
reweight_covariance(data) Re-weight raw Minimum Covariance Determinant estimates.  
score(X_test[, y]) Computes the log-likelihood of a Gaussian data set with self.covariance_ as an estimator of its covariance matrix.  
set_params(**params) Set the parameters of this estimator.    
correct_covariance(data) [source]
 
Apply a correction to raw Minimum Covariance Determinant estimates. Correction using the empirical correction factor suggested by Rousseeuw and Van Driessen in [RVD].  Parameters 
 
dataarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features) 

The data matrix, with p features and n samples. The data set must be the one which was used to compute the raw estimates.    Returns 
 
covariance_correctedndarray of shape (n_features, n_features) 

Corrected robust covariance estimate.     References  
RVD  
A Fast Algorithm for the Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimator, 1999, American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality, TECHNOMETRICS   
  
error_norm(comp_cov, norm='frobenius', scaling=True, squared=True) [source]
 
Computes the Mean Squared Error between two covariance estimators. (In the sense of the Frobenius norm).  Parameters 
 
comp_covarray-like of shape (n_features, n_features) 

The covariance to compare with.  
norm{“frobenius”, “spectral”}, default=”frobenius” 

The type of norm used to compute the error. Available error types: - ‘frobenius’ (default): sqrt(tr(A^t.A)) - ‘spectral’: sqrt(max(eigenvalues(A^t.A)) where A is the error (comp_cov - self.covariance_).  
scalingbool, default=True 

If True (default), the squared error norm is divided by n_features. If False, the squared error norm is not rescaled.  
squaredbool, default=True 

Whether to compute the squared error norm or the error norm. If True (default), the squared error norm is returned. If False, the error norm is returned.    Returns 
 
resultfloat 

The Mean Squared Error (in the sense of the Frobenius norm) between self and comp_cov covariance estimators.     
  
fit(X, y=None) [source]
 
Fits a Minimum Covariance Determinant with the FastMCD algorithm.  Parameters 
 
Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features) 

Training data, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features.  y: Ignored

Not used, present for API consistency by convention.    Returns 
 
selfobject 
   
  
get_params(deep=True) [source]
 
Get parameters for this estimator.  Parameters 
 
deepbool, default=True 

If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.    Returns 
 
paramsdict 

Parameter names mapped to their values.     
  
get_precision() [source]
 
Getter for the precision matrix.  Returns 
 
precision_array-like of shape (n_features, n_features) 

The precision matrix associated to the current covariance object.     
  
mahalanobis(X) [source]
 
Computes the squared Mahalanobis distances of given observations.  Parameters 
 
Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features) 

The observations, the Mahalanobis distances of the which we compute. Observations are assumed to be drawn from the same distribution than the data used in fit.    Returns 
 
distndarray of shape (n_samples,) 

Squared Mahalanobis distances of the observations.     
  
reweight_covariance(data) [source]
 
Re-weight raw Minimum Covariance Determinant estimates. Re-weight observations using Rousseeuw’s method (equivalent to deleting outlying observations from the data set before computing location and covariance estimates) described in [RVDriessen].  Parameters 
 
dataarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features) 

The data matrix, with p features and n samples. The data set must be the one which was used to compute the raw estimates.    Returns 
 
location_reweightedndarray of shape (n_features,) 

Re-weighted robust location estimate.  
covariance_reweightedndarray of shape (n_features, n_features) 

Re-weighted robust covariance estimate.  
support_reweightedndarray of shape (n_samples,), dtype=bool 

A mask of the observations that have been used to compute the re-weighted robust location and covariance estimates.     References  
RVDriessen  
A Fast Algorithm for the Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimator, 1999, American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality, TECHNOMETRICS   
  
score(X_test, y=None) [source]
 
Computes the log-likelihood of a Gaussian data set with self.covariance_ as an estimator of its covariance matrix.  Parameters 
 
X_testarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features) 

Test data of which we compute the likelihood, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features. X_test is assumed to be drawn from the same distribution than the data used in fit (including centering).  
yIgnored 

Not used, present for API consistency by convention.    Returns 
 
resfloat 

The likelihood of the data set with self.covariance_ as an estimator of its covariance matrix.     
  
set_params(**params) [source]
 
Set the parameters of this estimator. The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as Pipeline). The latter have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.  Parameters 
 
**paramsdict 

Estimator parameters.    Returns 
 
selfestimator instance 

Estimator instance.     
 
 Examples using sklearn.covariance.MinCovDet
 
  Robust covariance estimation and Mahalanobis distances relevance  

  Robust vs Empirical covariance estimate