[BioC] KNN, SVM, and randomForest - How to predict test without known categories

[Sean Davis]

Xin,

There is a wealth of information on the bioconductor website, thanks to 
many generous and brilliant contributors.  One such research is in the 
documentation section under Lab Materials and is titled 'Application of 
Machine Learning to Microarray Data, SVM and friends'.  A PDF is 
available (http://www.bioconductor.org/labMat/pdf/MachLearn.pdf) and 
there are lab materials available, including R code.  I encourage all 
users to peruse these resources frequently--I learn something new every 
time I look.

Sean

On Jul 28, 2004, at 4:18 AM, Liu, Xin wrote:

> In R, before using KNN, SVM, and randomForest, a expreSet is needed to 
> build, which require the train WITH known catagories and the test WITH 
> known catagories. However, by definition, in supervised learning you 
> always train (with known
> catagories), then predict the test WITHOUT known catagories. I wonder 
> how to implement this. Thank you!
>
> Xin
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom R. Fahland [mailto:tfahland at genomatica.com]
> Sent: 27 July 2004 18:48
> To: Liu, Xin; bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: RE: [BioC] KNN, SVM,and randomForest - How to predict samples
> without category
>
>
> By definition, in supervised learning you always train (with known
> catagories), then run your unbiased data through for prediction. Both 
> CV
> and train/test partitions are good for choosing parameters and
> optimizing the algorithms. I have just completed a study predicting 
> dose
> expsoure with good reasults using different algorithms.
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Liu, Xin
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 07:39
> To: bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [BioC] KNN, SVM,and randomForest - How to predict samples
> without category
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Supervised clusterings (KNN, SVM, and randomForest) use test sample set
> and train sample set to do prediction. To create the expreSet, the
> category is needed for each sample. However sometimes we need to 
> predict
> sample without its category. Anybody has some clue to do this? Thank 
> you
> very much!
>
> Best regards,
> Xin LIU
>
>
>
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