In this chapter, we are going to present one of the most intuitive ways to create a predictive model—using the concept of a tree. Tree-based models, often also known as decision tree models, are successfully used to handle both regression and classification type problems. We'll explore both scenarios in this chapter, and we'll be looking at a range of different algorithms that are effective in training these models. We will also learn about a number of useful properties that these models possess, such as their ability to handle missing data and the fact that they are highly interpretable.
Mastering Predictive Analytics with R
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Mastering Predictive Analytics with R
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Predictive Analytics with R
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Gearing Up for Predictive Modeling
Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Neural Networks
Support Vector Machines
Tree-based Methods
Ensemble Methods
Probabilistic Graphical Models
Time Series Analysis
Topic Modeling
Recommendation Systems
Index
Customer Reviews