Re: [Rd] informal conventions/checklist for new predictive modeling packages

2012-01-05 Thread Paul Johnson
I agree with almost all, except the last point. Since I have participated in wheel-reinvention lately, I agree with the bulk of your comment. I don't think the fix is as easy as you suspect, RSiteSearch won't help me find a function I need when I don't know the magic words. Some R functions have s

Re: [Rd] informal conventions/checklist for new predictive modeling packages

2012-01-05 Thread Steve Lianoglou
Good stuff, Max! Would also be nice to nail your 14 theses to a more permanent wall than the r-help mailing list ... not sure where that would be, though ... isn't someone supposed to be redesigning the r-project.org website? [I jest, I jest] More seriously, though, it might be worth linking to fr

Re: [Rd] informal conventions/checklist for new predictive modeling packages

2012-01-05 Thread Liaw, Andy
From: Max Kuhn > > Working on the caret package has exposed me to the wide variety of > approaches that different authors have taken to creating predictive > modeling functions (aka machine learning)(aka pattern recognition). > > I suspect that many package authors are neophyte R users and are >

[Rd] informal conventions/checklist for new predictive modeling packages

2012-01-04 Thread Max Kuhn
Working on the caret package has exposed me to the wide variety of approaches that different authors have taken to creating predictive modeling functions (aka machine learning)(aka pattern recognition). I suspect that many package authors are neophyte R users and are stumbling through the process