Does the model depend on height?

A journey through which feature mattered with Botie.

Choosing and Checking a Model · A journey with Botie

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Which Measurements Is the Model Actually Using?

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A model may predict well without making it obvious which inputs matter to its decisions. Looking at one branch of one tree does not answer the question for a whole forest. We need a way to examine the fitted model's dependence on a measurement.

Sources for this history

Breiman (2001), Random Forests

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