[R] Repeated measures in Classification and Regresssion Trees

[Andrew Park]

Dear R members,

I have been trying to find out whether one can use multivariate
regression trees (for example mvpart) to analyze repeated measures data.
 As a non-parametric technique, CART is insensitive to most of the
assumptions of parametric regression, but repeated measures data raises
the issue of the independence of several data points measured on the
same subject, or from the same plot over time.

Any perspectives will be welcome,



Andy Park (Assistant Professor)

Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (CFIR),
Department of Biology,
University of Winnipeg,
515 Portage Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9,
Canada

Phone: (204) 786-9407