Thanks for the reply...Actually you answered my question....I 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 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 <yan...@ibi.com> wrote: > 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 algorithm? > > Thank you! > > Regards, > Yan -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.
