CBRBase: Root class for common functionality of this package

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Root class for common functionality of this package

Description

Root class for common functionality of this package

Root class for common functionality of this package

Public fields

model

the statistical model

data

training data

model_fit

trained object

formula

Object of class formula or character describing the model fit

terms

terms of the formula

endpoint

Target variable

dist_matrix

A matrix with distances

order_matrix

A matrix with the order indices for similar cases search

Active bindings

endPoint

Deprecated: use endpoint instead.

distMat

Deprecated: use dist_matrix instead.

orderMat

Deprecated: use order_matrix instead.

Methods

Public methods

• CBRBase$new()

• CBRBase$fit()

• CBRBase$calc_distance_matrix()

• CBRBase$get_similar_cases()

• CBRBase$clone()

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Method new()

Initialize object for searching similar cases

Usage

CBRBase$new(formula, data)

Arguments

formula

Object of class formula or character describing the model fit

data

Training data of class data.frame

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Method fit()

Fit the Model

Usage

CBRBase$fit()

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Method calc_distance_matrix()

Calculates the distance matrix

Usage

CBRBase$calc_distance_matrix(query = NULL)

Arguments

query

Query data of class data.frame

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Method get_similar_cases()

Extracts similar cases

Usage

CBRBase$get_similar_cases(query, k = 1, add_distance = TRUE, merge = FALSE)

Arguments

query

Query data of class data.frame

k

number of similar cases

add_distance

Add distance to result data.frame

merge

Add query data to matched cases data.frame

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

CBRBase$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

CaseBasedReasoning documentation built on Feb. 27, 2026, 9:06 a.m.