Hello all ,

I am using libsvm for binary classification.. I wanted to try grid.py , as it is said to improve results.. I ran this script for five files in separate terminals , and the script has been running for more than 12 hours..

this is the state of my 5 terminals now :

[root@localhost tools]# python grid.py sarts_nonarts_feat.txt>grid_arts.txt
Warning: empty z range [61.3997:61.3997], adjusting to [60.7857:62.0137]
         line 2: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".
Warning: empty z range [61.3997:61.3997], adjusting to [60.7857:62.0137]
         line 4: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".

[root@localhost tools]# python grid.py sgames_nongames_feat.txt>grid_games.txt
Warning: empty z range [64.5867:64.5867], adjusting to [63.9408:65.2326]
         line 2: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".
Warning: empty z range [64.5867:64.5867], adjusting to [63.9408:65.2326]
         line 4: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".

[root@localhost tools]# python grid.py sref_nonref_feat.txt>grid_ref.txt
Warning: empty z range [62.4602:62.4602], adjusting to [61.8356:63.0848]
         line 2: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".
Warning: empty z range [62.4602:62.4602], adjusting to [61.8356:63.0848]
         line 4: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".

[root@localhost tools]# python grid.py sbiz_nonbiz_feat.txt>grid_biz.txt
Warning: empty z range [67.9762:67.9762], adjusting to [67.2964:68.656]
         line 2: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".
Warning: empty z range [67.9762:67.9762], adjusting to [67.2964:68.656]
         line 4: warning: Cannot contour non grid data. Please use "set dgrid3d".

[root@localhost tools]# python grid.py snews_nonnews_feat.txt>grid_news.txt
Wrong input format at line 494
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "grid.py", line 223, in run
    if rate is None: raise "get no rate"
TypeError: exceptions must be classes or instances, not str

I had redirected the outputs to files , but those files for now contain nothing.. And , the following files were created :

• sbiz_nonbiz_feat.txt.out
• sbiz_nonbiz_feat.txt.png
• sarts_nonarts_feat.txt.out
• sarts_nonarts_feat.txt.png
• sgames_nongames_feat.txt.out
• sgames_nongames_feat.txt.png
• sref_nonref_feat.txt.out
• sref_nonref_feat.txt.png
• snews_nonnews_feat.txt.out (--> is empty )

There's just one line of information in .out files..
the ".png" files are some GNU PLOTS .

But i dont understand what the above GNUplots / warnings convey .. Should i re-run them ?

Can anyone please tell me on how much time this script might take if each input file contains about 144000 lines..

Thanks and regards