Split Dataset Example

In this example, we aim to show multiple ways of how you can split your datasets for training, testing, and evaluating your models.

# Authors: Lukas Gemein <l.gemein@gmail.com>
#
# License: BSD (3-clause)

from braindecode.datasets import MOABBDataset
from braindecode.preprocessing import create_windows_from_events

Loading the dataset

Firstly, we create a dataset using the braindecode MOABBDataset to load it fetched from MOABB. In this example, we’re using Dataset 2a from BCI Competition IV.

dataset = MOABBDataset(dataset_name="BNCI2014001", subject_ids=[1])

Splitting

By description information

The class MOABBDataset has a pandas DataFrame containing additional description of its internal datasets, which can be used to help splitting the data based on recording information, such as subject, session, and run of each trial.

dataset.description

	subject	session	run
0	1	0train	0
1	1	0train	1
2	1	0train	2
3	1	0train	3
4	1	0train	4
5	1	0train	5
6	1	1test	0
7	1	1test	1
8	1	1test	2
9	1	1test	3
10	1	1test	4
11	1	1test	5

Here, we’re splitting the data based on different runs. The method split returns a dictionary with string keys corresponding to unique entries in the description DataFrame column.

splits = dataset.split("run")
print(splits)
splits["4"].description

{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff8176e7170>, '1': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804f60200>, '2': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8fd10>, '3': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8c2c0>, '4': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8d460>, '5': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8ddf0>}

	subject	session	run
0	1	0train	4
1	1	1test	4

By row index

Another way we can split the dataset is based on a list of integers corresponding to rows in the description. In this case, the returned dictionary will have ‘0’ as the only key.

splits = dataset.split([0, 1, 5])
print(splits)
splits["0"].description

{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff8186815b0>}

	subject	session	run
0	1	0train	0
1	1	0train	1
2	1	0train	5

However, if we want multiple splits based on indices, we can also define a list containing lists of integers. In this case, the dictionary will have string keys representing the index of the dataset split in the order of the given list of integers.

splits = dataset.split([[0, 1, 5], [2, 3, 4], [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]])
print(splits)
splits["2"].description

{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8f9e0>, '1': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8c260>, '2': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8f380>}

	subject	session	run
0	1	1test	0
1	1	1test	1
2	1	1test	2
3	1	1test	3
4	1	1test	4
5	1	1test	5

You can also name each split in the output dictionary by specifying the keys of each list of indexes in the input dictionary:

splits = dataset.split(
    {"train": [0, 1, 5], "valid": [2, 3, 4], "test": [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]}
)
print(splits)
splits["test"].description

{'train': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8d460>, 'valid': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8c800>, 'test': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8d6d0>}

	subject	session	run
0	1	1test	0
1	1	1test	1
2	1	1test	2
3	1	1test	3
4	1	1test	4
5	1	1test	5

Observation

Similarly, we can split datasets after creating windows using the same methods.

windows = create_windows_from_events(
    dataset, trial_start_offset_samples=0, trial_stop_offset_samples=0
)

# Splitting by different runs
print("Using description info")
splits = windows.split("run")
print(splits)
print()

# Splitting by row index
print("Splitting by row index")
splits = windows.split([4, 8])
print(splits)
print()

print("Multiple row index split")
splits = windows.split([[4, 8], [5, 9, 11]])
print(splits)
print()

# Specifying output's keys
print("Specifying keys")
splits = windows.split(dict(train=[4, 8], test=[5, 9, 11]))
print(splits)

Using description info
{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804f49580>, '1': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804f76ab0>, '2': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff817492090>, '3': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8fd10>, '4': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8e390>, '5': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8d160>}

Splitting by row index
{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8d6d0>}

Multiple row index split
{'0': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff817492090>, '1': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff8189a7d70>}

Specifying keys
{'train': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff8189a4e30>, 'test': <braindecode.datasets.base.BaseConcatDataset object at 0x7ff804a8e750>}

Estimated memory usage: 1233 MB