Re: [R] random forest application

Thanks for the reply...Actually you answered my questionI just want to know how people use it... -Original Message- From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 11:31 AM To: Li, Yan Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] random forest application

Re: [R] random forest application

Hi, This is not an R question, so really not appropriate for the list. The answer depends on what "worth it" means to you. There are many applications: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22random+forest%22&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C39&as_sdtp= Sarah On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Li, Yan wr

[R] random forest application

Hi All, Is anyone using random forest for predicting? Some people claimed that it will give more accurate result than decision tree. But considering it builds 500(by default) full trees, is it worth to use random forest to predict instead of decision tree? What typical applications of this algo