data-maker/README.md

## Introduction
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This package is designed to generate synthetic data from a dataset from an original dataset using deep learning techniques

    - Generative Adversarial Networks
    - With "Earth mover's distance"

## Installation
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    pip install git+https://hiplab.mc.vanderbilt.edu/git/aou/data-maker.git@release

## Usage
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After installing the easiest way to get started is as follows (using pandas). The process is as follows:
1. Train the GAN on the original/raw dataset


        import pandas as pd
        import data.maker
        
        df  = pd.read_csv('myfile.csv')
        cols= ['f1','f2','f2']  
        data.maker.train(data=df,cols=cols,logs='logs')

2. Generate a candidate dataset from the learnt features


    import pandas as pd
    import data.maker

    df = data.maker.generate(logs='logs')
    df.head()
    

## Limitations
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GANS will generate data assuming the original data has all the value space needed:
    
- No new data will be created
    
        Assuming we have a dataset with an gender attribute with values [M,F]. The synthetic data will not be able to generate genders outside [M,F]
- Not advised on continuous values

        GANS work well on discrete values and thus are not advised to be used to synthesize things like measurements (height, blood pressure, ...)