[Rd] Decision tree and factor variables

2010-08-26 Thread clusty
Hello, I'm building a decision tree in R with the rpart package. Modeling is fine. But when it comes to scoring, I have the following issue: factor 'cust_language' has new level(s) OT I think this comes from the fact that when learning, the DT doesn't see all the possible value of the factor va

[Rd] rpart: ID3 or C4.5?

2008-09-02 Thread Clusty
Hello, My question is about the algorithm used behind decision tree package rpart. It is not clear in the help if the algorithm used is ID3 or C4.5. Someone has any idea? Regards. Sandro. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/rpart%3A-ID3-or-C4.5--tp19269303p19269303.html Sent