Parameter setting and each column is a tuning parameter. A data frame is used where each row is a tuning The tuneGrid argument is used when specific Integers between 1 and 15, setting tuneLength = 15 wouldĪchieve this. In the case of PLS, the function uses a sequence of Parameter values and the tuneLength argument controls how The train function can generate a candidate set of TuneLength or tuneGrid arguments can be used. To change the candidate values of the tuning parameter, either of the Here, theįunction will be altered to estimate the area under the ROC curve, the Root mean squared error and R 2 are computed. If unspecified, overallĪccuracy and the Kappa statistic are computed. the methods for measuring performance.We will have the function use three repeats of 10-fold Byĭefault, the function will tune over three values of each tuning expand the set of PLS models that the function evaluates.However, we would probably like to customize it in a few ways: , data = training, method = 'pls', # Center and scale the predictors for the training # set and all future samples. To do this, the createDataPartition function is The goal is to predict the two classes M for metal cylinderįirst, we split the data into two groups: a training set and a test The Sonar data consist of 208 data points collected on 60 predictors. Toĭemonstrate this function, the Sonar data from the (e.g. resampling technique, choosing the optimal parameters etc). There are options for customizing almost every step of this process estimate model performance from a training setĪ formal algorithm description can be found in Section 5.1 of the caret.choose the ``optimal’’ model across these parameters.evaluate, using resampling, the effect of model tuning parameters on.

One of the primary tools in the package is the train Streamline the model building and evaluation process, as well as feature Previously found in the package vignettes.Ĭaret has several functions that attempt to Here, there are extended examples and a large amount of information that The main help pages for the package are at To ensure that all the needed packages are installed. Install.packages( 'caret', dependencies = c( 'Depends', 'Suggests'))

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