[R] When using randomForest, what's the effect to "set.seed"?
Chang, C-Y.
r96241211 at ntu.edu.tw
Thu Aug 13 08:22:46 CEST 2009
Greetings,
When reading the random forest manual by Liaw, in the examples
"set.seed" is always used before building a forest.
Does it matter if I don't set the seed?
If I set a different seed manually each time I build a forest, will this
give better randomness?
Thank you all in advance!
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