Methods for topTable. topTable extracts the top n most important features
for a given classification or regression procedure.
Usage
# S4 method for nlcv
topTable(fit, n = 5, method = "percentage")
Arguments
fit
object resulting from a classification or regression procedure
n
number of features that one wants to extract from a table that
ranks all features according to their importance in the classification or
regression model
method
method used to rank the features; one of percentage
(percentage of runs the feature is selected in the top n), meanrank
(mean rank of the feature across runs) or medianrank (median rank of
the feature across runs); percentage is the default method
Value
a data frame of one column (percentage) with percentages
reflecting the frequency of selection of a feature in the top n across all
runs; the features are sorted on decreasing frequency.
Methods
nlcv
fit = "nlcv"
nlcv objects are produced by nlcv
Details
The top n features are extracted across all runs of the nested loop
cross-validation. After ranking on their frequency of selection, the top n
are retained and returned.