On Wed, 23-Jun-2010 at 12:05AM -0700, azam jaafari wrote: |> ?Hello |> ? |> I have questions about gbm package.??It seems we have to?devide data to two part (training?set and test set) for first. |> ? |> 1- trainig set for?running of gbm function |> 2- test set for?gbm.perf??? |> ? |> is it rigth? |> I have 123 sample that I devided 100 for trainig and 23 for test. |> ? |> So, parameter of?cv.folds?in gbm function is for what?
There's quite a lot to be known about how to use those functions. The vignette gives a bit of an idea, but I came across this article which helped me work out how to use them. A working guide to boosted regression trees J. Elith, J. R. Leathwick, T. Hastie Journal of Animal Ecology Volume 77 , Issue 4 , Pages802 - 813 Journal compilation © 2008 British Ecological Society HTH -- ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ___ Patrick Connolly {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people (_)-(_) ..... Eleanor Roosevelt ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.