A Bias Correction Algorithm for the Gini Variable Importance Measure in Classification Trees
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
- Vol. 17 (3) , 611-628
- https://doi.org/10.1198/106186008x344522
Abstract
This article considers a measure of variable importance frequently used in variable-selection methods based on decision trees and tree-based ensemble models. These models include CART, random fores...Keywords
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