""" pca.py This module defines a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) model for dimensionality reduction. PCA is a widely used technique to reduce the dimensionality of large datasets by projecting the data onto a lower-dimensional subspace while preserving as much variance as possible. Key Features: - Reduces computational complexity for high-dimensional data. - Helps in visualizing data in 2D or 3D space. - Useful as a preprocessing step for clustering or classification. Parameters: - n_components (int, float, or None): Number of principal components to keep. - int: Specifies the exact number of components. - float: Keeps enough components to explain the specified fraction of variance (e.g., 0.95 for 95% variance). - None: Keeps all components (default). Default: - n_components=2: Projects the data onto 2 dimensions for visualization purposes. """ from sklearn.decomposition import PCA # Define the PCA estimator estimator = PCA(n_components=2) # Default to 2D projection for visualization