cardea.Cardea.select_problem

Cardea.select_problem(selection, parameter=None)[source]

Select a prediction problem and extract information.

Update the select_problem attribute and generate the cutoff times, the target entity and update the entityset.

Parameters
  • selection (str) – Name of the chosen prediction problem.

  • parameters (dict) – Variables to change the default parameters, if any.

Returns

  • An updated EntitySet if a new column is generated.

  • A string indicating the selected target entity.

  • A dataframe of cutoff times and their target labels.

Return type

featuretools.EntitySet, str, pandas.DataFrame