.. index:: single: dimension_reducer_protocol
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0:

.. rst-class:: right

**protocol**

``dimension_reducer_protocol``
==============================

Protocol for machine learning dimension reducers.

| **Availability:** 
|    ``logtalk_load(dimension_reduction_protocols(loader))``

| **Author:** Paulo Moura
| **Version:** 1:0:0
| **Date:** 2026-04-30

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``


| **Dependencies:**
|   (none)


| **Remarks:**
|    (none)

| **Inherited public predicates:**
|    (none)

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Public predicates
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.. index:: learn/3
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::learn/3:

``learn/3``
^^^^^^^^^^^

Learns a dimension reducer from the given dataset object using the given options.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``learn(Dataset,DimensionReducer,Options)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``learn(+object_identifier,-compound,++list(compound))`` - ``one``


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.. index:: learn/2
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::learn/2:

``learn/2``
^^^^^^^^^^^

Learns a dimension reducer from the given dataset object using default options.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``learn(Dataset,DimensionReducer)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``learn(+object_identifier,-compound)`` - ``one``


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.. index:: transform/3
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::transform/3:

``transform/3``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Transforms a new instance into a reduced representation using the learned dimension reducer. The instance is a list of ``Attribute-Value`` pairs and the reduced representation is a list of ``Component-Value`` pairs.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``transform(DimensionReducer,Instance,ReducedInstance)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``transform(+compound,+list,-list(pair))`` - ``one``


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.. index:: check_dimension_reducer/1
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::check_dimension_reducer/1:

``check_dimension_reducer/1``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Checks that a learned dimension reducer term is structurally valid for the receiving implementation. Throws an exception when the term is not a valid dimension reducer representation.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``check_dimension_reducer(DimensionReducer)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``check_dimension_reducer(@compound)`` - ``one_or_error``

| **Exceptions:**
|    ``DimensionReducer`` is a variable:
|        ``instantiation_error``
|    ``DimensionReducer`` is neither a variable nor a valid dimension reducer:
|        ``domain_error(dimension_reducer,DimensionReducer)``


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.. index:: valid_dimension_reducer/1
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::valid_dimension_reducer/1:

``valid_dimension_reducer/1``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

True when a learned dimension reducer term is structurally valid for the receiving implementation. Succeeds iff ``check_dimension_reducer/1`` succeeds without throwing an exception.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``valid_dimension_reducer(DimensionReducer)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``valid_dimension_reducer(@compound)`` - ``zero_or_one``


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.. index:: diagnostics/2
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::diagnostics/2:

``diagnostics/2``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns diagnostics and metadata associated with a learned dimension reducer in a representation-independent way.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``diagnostics(DimensionReducer,Diagnostics)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``diagnostics(+compound,-list(compound))`` - ``one``


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.. index:: diagnostic/2
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::diagnostic/2:

``diagnostic/2``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Tests or enumerates individual diagnostics metadata terms for a learned dimension reducer.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``diagnostic(DimensionReducer,Diagnostic)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``diagnostic(+compound,?compound)`` - ``zero_or_more``


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.. index:: dimension_reducer_options/2
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::dimension_reducer_options/2:

``dimension_reducer_options/2``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns the effective training options recorded in a learned dimension reducer diagnostics list.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``dimension_reducer_options(DimensionReducer,Options)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``dimension_reducer_options(+compound,-list(compound))`` - ``zero_or_one``


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.. index:: export_to_clauses/4
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::export_to_clauses/4:

``export_to_clauses/4``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Converts a dimension reducer into a list of predicate clauses. ``Functor`` is the functor for the generated single-argument predicate clauses whose argument is the serialized dimension reducer term.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``export_to_clauses(Dataset,DimensionReducer,Functor,Clauses)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``export_to_clauses(+object_identifier,+compound,+callable,-list(clause))`` - ``one``


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.. index:: export_to_file/4
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::export_to_file/4:

``export_to_file/4``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Exports a dimension reducer to a file. ``Functor`` is the functor for the generated single-argument predicate clauses whose argument is the serialized dimension reducer term.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``export_to_file(Dataset,DimensionReducer,Functor,File)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``export_to_file(+object_identifier,+compound,+callable,+atom)`` - ``one``


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.. index:: print_dimension_reducer/1
.. _dimension_reducer_protocol/0::print_dimension_reducer/1:

``print_dimension_reducer/1``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Prints a dimension reducer to the current output stream in a human-readable format.

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static``

| **Template:**
|    ``print_dimension_reducer(DimensionReducer)``
| **Mode and number of proofs:**
|    ``print_dimension_reducer(+compound)`` - ``one``


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Protected predicates
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(none)

Private predicates
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(none)

Operators
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(none)

.. seealso::

   :ref:`dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol <dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol/0>`, :ref:`supervised_dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol <supervised_dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol/0>`, :ref:`target_supervised_dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol <target_supervised_dimension_reduction_dataset_protocol/0>`

