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Building Predictive Models in R Using the caret Package

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ID23328706
AuthorsMax Kühn (0000-0003-2402-136X, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume28
Issue5
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Statistical Software (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1548-7660 • E-ISSN: 1548-7660
PublisherFoundation for Open Access Statistic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18637/jss.v028.i05
OpenAlexW1831050183
LanguageEN
Citations received288
References cited2

The caret package, short for classification and regression training, contains numerous tools for developing predictive models using the rich set of models available in R. The package focuses on simplifying model training and tuning across a wide variety of modeling techniques. It also includes methods for pre-processing training data, calculating variable importance, and model visualizations. An example from computational chemistry is used to illustrate the functionality on a real data set and to benchmark the benefits of parallel processing with several types of models.

Benchmark (surveying) · Computational science · Data mining · Data set · Machine learning · Programming language · R package · Set (abstract data type) · Training set · Variable (mathematics) · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Data Analysis with R · Mathematics · Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies · Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses

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