[R] Categorical Predictors for SVM (e1071)

2010-05-14 Thread Vanilla Sky
Dear all, I have a question about using categorical predictors for SVM, using "svm" from library(e1071). If I have multiple categorical predictors, should they just be included as factors? Take a simple artificial data example: x1<-rnorm(500) x2<-rnorm(500) #Categorical Predictor 1, with 5 level

[R] Categorical Predictors for SVM (e1071)

2010-05-14 Thread Vanilla Sky
Dear all, I have a question about using categorical predictors for SVM, using "svm" from library(e1071). If I have multiple categorical predictors, should they just be included as factors? Take a simple artificial data example: x1<-rnorm(500) x2<-rnorm(500) #Categorical Predictor 1, with 5 level

[R] Categorical Predictors for SVM (e1071)

2010-05-14 Thread Vanilla Sky
Dear all, I have a question about using categorical predictors for SVM, using "svm" from library(e1071). If I have multiple categorical predictors, should they just be included as factors? Take a simple artificial data example: x1<-rnorm(500) x2<-rnorm(500) #Categorical Predictor 1, with 5 level