featuresmith 0.1.1

Intelligent feature engineering and selection for machine learning

FeatureSmith 🔥

Intelligent feature engineering and selection for machine learning competitions and projects.

FeatureSmith automates the tedious process of feature engineering, allowing you to focus on model building and experimentation. Perfect for Kaggle competitions, ML projects, and rapid prototyping.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Smart Feature Generation

  • Polynomial features with automatic selection
  • Feature interactions (multiplication, division, addition, subtraction)
  • Target encoding with cross-validation to prevent overfitting
  • Frequency and count encoding
  • DateTime feature extraction
  • Group-by aggregations

• 📊 Intelligent Selection

  • Multiple importance calculation methods (model-based, permutation, correlation)
  • Correlation-based redundancy removal
  • Recursive feature elimination (RFE)
  • Stability checking across CV folds

• 🛡️ Built-in Validation

  • Automatic data leakage detection
  • Feature stability analysis
  • Quality checks for generated features

• 📈 Comprehensive Reporting

  • Beautiful HTML reports with visualizations
  • Feature importance rankings
  • Generation statistics and insights

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install featuresmith

Basic Usage

from feature_forge import FeatureSmith
import pandas as pd

# Load your data
X_train = pd.read_csv('train.csv')
y_train = X_train['target']
X_train = X_train.drop('target', axis=1)

# Initialize FeatureSmith
smith = FeatureSmith(X_train, y_train, task='auto')

# Generate features
X_augmented = smith.forge(
    strategies=['polynomial', 'interactions', 'encoding'],
    max_features=50
)

# Rank features by importance
ranked_features = smith.rank_features(model_type='lgbm')
print(ranked_features.head(10))

# Remove redundant features
optimal_features = smith.remove_redundancy(threshold=0.95)

# Generate comprehensive report
smith.generate_report('feature_report.html')

📚 Documentation

FeatureSmith Class

The main class for feature engineering operations.

Parameters:

• X (pd.DataFrame): Training features
• y (pd.Series): Target variable
• task (str): 'classification', 'regression', or 'auto' (default: 'auto')
• n_jobs (int): Number of parallel jobs (default: -1)
• random_state (int): Random seed (default: 42)
• verbose (bool): Print progress messages (default: True)

Methods

forge(strategies, max_features, validate)

Generate new features using specified strategies.

X_augmented = smith.forge(
    strategies=['polynomial', 'interactions', 'encoding'],
    max_features=50,
    validate=True  # Check for data leakage
)

Available Strategies:

• 'polynomial': Polynomial features (x², x³, interactions)
• 'interactions': Mathematical interactions (×, ÷, +, -)
• 'encoding': Target and frequency encoding for categorical features
• 'aggregations': Group-by aggregations
• 'datetime': DateTime feature extraction

rank_features(model_type, method, cv)

Rank features by importance.

ranked = smith.rank_features(
    model_type='lgbm',  # 'lgbm', 'xgb', 'rf', 'tree'
    method='importance',  # 'importance', 'permutation', 'correlation'
    cv=5
)

remove_redundancy(threshold, method)

Remove highly correlated features.

optimal = smith.remove_redundancy(
    threshold=0.95,
    method='correlation'  # 'correlation' or 'mutual_information'
)

generate_report(output_path)

Create a comprehensive HTML report.

smith.generate_report('feature_report.html')

🎯 Advanced Examples

Example 1: Kaggle Competition Pipeline

from feature_forge import FeatureSmith
from sklearn.model_selection import cross_val_score
from lightgbm import LGBMClassifier

# Initialize
smith = FeatureSmith(X_train, y_train, task='classification')

# Generate features
X_augmented = smith.forge(
    strategies=['polynomial', 'interactions', 'encoding'],
    max_features=100
)

# Get top features
ranked = smith.rank_features(model_type='lgbm')
top_50_features = ranked.head(50)['feature'].tolist()

# Train model with selected features
model = LGBMClassifier(n_estimators=1000)
scores = cross_val_score(
    model, 
    X_augmented[top_50_features], 
    y_train, 
    cv=5, 
    scoring='roc_auc'
)

print(f"CV AUC: {scores.mean():.4f} (+/- {scores.std():.4f})")

Example 2: Feature Engineering for Time Series

# For datetime features
smith = FeatureSmith(X_train, y_train)

# Extract datetime features
X_augmented = smith.forge(
    strategies=['datetime', 'aggregations'],
    max_features=30
)

# Generate report with insights
smith.generate_report('timeseries_features.html')

Example 3: Handling High-Cardinality Categorical Features

# Target encoding with validation
smith = FeatureSmith(X_train, y_train)

X_encoded = smith.forge(
    strategies=['encoding'],
    max_features=20,
    validate=True  # Detect leaky encodings
)

# Remove redundant encoded features
optimal = smith.remove_redundancy(threshold=0.9)

🔧 Advanced Configuration

Custom Feature Selection

from feature_forge.selectors import ImportanceSelector, RecursiveSelector

# Importance-based selection
importance_selector = ImportanceSelector(
    X_augmented, 
    y_train, 
    task='classification',
    n_features=30
)
selected = importance_selector.select(model_type='lgbm')

# RFE-based selection
rfe_selector = RecursiveSelector(
    X_augmented,
    y_train,
    task='classification',
    n_features=20,
    step=5
)
selected = rfe_selector.select()

Data Leakage Detection

from feature_forge.validators import LeakDetector

detector = LeakDetector(X_train, y_train, threshold=0.98)

# Check all features
leak_report = detector.check_all_features()
print(leak_report[leak_report['is_leaky']])

Feature Stability Analysis

from feature_forge.validators import StabilityChecker

checker = StabilityChecker(X_train, y_train, task='classification')
stability = checker.check_stability(model_type='lgbm')

# Features with low CV (coefficient of variation) are more stable
stable_features = stability[stability['cv_importance'] < 0.3]

💡 Tips & Best Practices

1. Start Simple: Begin with ['polynomial', 'interactions'] before adding more complex strategies

2. Monitor Leakage: Always use validate=True when generating features, especially with encoding strategies

3. Feature Budget: Set max_features based on your data size (rule of thumb: sqrt(n_samples))

4. Iteration: Generate features → rank → select → train → repeat

5. Documentation: Always generate and save the HTML report for reproducibility

6. Cross-Validation: Use stratified k-fold CV to validate your feature engineering pipeline

📊 Example Output

After running smith.generate_report(), you'll get a comprehensive HTML report showing:

• Summary statistics (original vs augmented features)
• Feature generation breakdown by strategy
• Top 20 features by importance with interactive charts
• Dataset statistics and missing value analysis
• Visualization of feature correlations

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Development Setup:

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/AbhishekDP2244/feature-forge.git
cd feature-forge

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Format code
black src/

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the Kaggle community and countless hours of feature engineering
• Built with scikit-learn, pandas, and LightGBM
• Special thanks to all contributors

📬 Contact

• GitHub: 2244shek
• Email: [e-mail]
• Kaggle: abhishekdp2244

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