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Aim Theory::: Study and Working of WEKA Tool

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Aim: Study and working of WEKA tool.

Theory:
Weka tool :
WEKA - an open source software provides tools for data preprocessing, implementation of
several Machine Learning algorithms, and visualization tools so that you can develop machine
learning techniques and apply them to real-world data mining problems. What WEKA offers is
summarized in the following diagram –

If you observe the beginning of the flow of the image, you will understand that there are many
stages in dealing with Big Data to make it suitable for machine learning −
First, you will start with the raw data collected from the field. This data may contain several
null values and irrelevant fields. You use the data preprocessing tools provided in WEKA to
cleanse the data.
Then, you would save the preprocessed data in your local storage for applying ML algorithms.
Next, depending on the kind of ML model that you are trying to develop you would select one
of the options such as Classify, Cluster, or Associate. The Attributes Selection allows the
automatic selection of features to create a reduced dataset.
Under each category, WEKA provides the implementation of several algorithms. You would
select an algorithm of your choice, set the desired parameters and run it on the dataset.
Then, WEKA would give you the statistical output of the model processing. It provides you a
visualization tool to inspect the data.
The various models can be applied on the same dataset. You can then compare the outputs of
different models and select the best that meets your purpose.
Thus, the use of WEKA results in a quicker development of machine learning models on the
whole.

Weka - Launching Explorer


To install WEKA on your machine, visit WEKA’s official website and download the installation
file. WEKA supports installation on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. You just need to follow
the instructions on this page to install WEKA for your OS.
The steps for installing on Mac are as follows −

 Download the Mac installation file.


 Double click on the downloaded weka-3-8-3-corretto-jvm.dmg file.
You will see the following screen on successful installation.

 Click on the weak-3-8-3-corretto-jvm icon to start Weka.


 Optionally you may start it from the command line –

java -jar weka.jar


The WEKA GUI Chooser application will start and you would see the following screen −

The GUI Chooser application allows you to run five different types of applications as listed here

 Explorer
 Experimenter
 KnowledgeFlow
 Workbench
 Simple CLI

Conclusion: Thus we have studied working of weka tool.

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