dataset-class: Class "dataset"

In DMwR: Functions and data for "Data Mining with R"

Description

This is the class of objects that represent all necessary information on a predictive task. This class extends the task class by adding the data frame with the data of the predictive task.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form dataset(...). The objects include information on the name of the predictive task, the formula and the data frame with the data used in the task.

Slots

formula:

Object of class "formula" containing the formula representing the predictive task

data:

Object coercible to class "data.frame" containing the data of the problem

name:

Object of class "character" containing an internal name of the task

Extends

Class "task", directly.

Methods

show

signature(object = "dataset"): method used to show the contents of a dataset object.

Author(s)

Luis Torgo ([e-mail])

References

Torgo, L. (2010) Data Mining using R: learning with case studies, CRC Press (ISBN: 9781439810187). http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~ltorgo/DataMiningWithR

See Also

task, learner

Examples

showClass("dataset")

DMwR documentation built on May 1, 2019, 9:17 p.m.