[R] NA and NaN randomForest

[Liaw, Andy]

Hi Clayton,

If you use the formula interface, then it should do what you want:

R> library(randomForest)
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R> iris1 <- iris[-(1:5),]
R> iris2 <- iris[1:5,]
R> iris2[1, 3] <- NA
R> iris2[3, 1] <- NA
R> iris.rf <- randomForest(Species ~ ., iris1)
R> predict(iris.rf, iris2[-5])
[1] <NA>   setosa <NA>   setosa setosa
Levels: setosa versicolor virginica

The problem, of course, is that the formula interface is not suitable
for data with large number of variables.  I'll look into doing the same
thing in the default method.

Andy


From: clayton.springer at novartis.com
> 
> Dear R-help,
> 
> This is about randomForest's handling of NA and NaNs in test set data.
> Currently, if the test set data contains an NA or NaN then 
> predict.randomForest will skip that row in the output.
> 
> I would like to change that behavior to outputting an NA.
> 
> Can this be done with flags to randomForest?
> If not can some sort of wrapper be built to put the NAs back in?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Clayton
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