[R] how to use the randomForest and rpart function?

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Wed Mar 8 03:00:57 CET 2006


As ?plot.randomForest says, it plots error rates.  In addition to overall
error rates, it also plots error rates for each class.

As to the options in randomForest, read about the options in the help page
and the reference linked from the help page.

Andy

From: Michael
> 
> When I plot the randomForest object, it shows a graph with 3 
> lines, green, red and black, what's the meaning of these three lines?
> 
> On 3/7/06, Michael <comtech.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to play around with the randomForest function for 
> > classification. I know its performance is great.
> >
> > I am currently using the default options.
> >
> > It has many options.
> >
> > How do I further tweak the options so that I can make its 
> performance 
> > even better?
> >
> > What are the options that are mostly used?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > M
> >
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