task-class: Class "task"

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

Description

This is an auxiliary class that is part of the representation of the dataset class. Objects of the task class do not actually store the data - they simply store information on the name of the predictive task in question as well as the respective formula.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form task(...). The objects include information on the name to be given to the predictive task and also the associated formula.

Slots

name:

String character with the name of the predictive taks

formula:

R formula describing the task

Methods

show

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

learner, dataset

Examples

showClass("task")

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