runTAD: Weighted Trimmed Mean Distance Classification Method

In RcmdrPlugin.depthTools: R Commander Depth Tools Plug-in

Description

Implementation of the classification technique based on assigning each observation to the group that minimizes the trimmed average distance of the given observation to the deepest points of each group in the learning set, weighted by the depth of these points in their own group.

Details

The user can choose the learning and test sets, as well as the labels corresponding to the learning set. The TAD method classifies a given observation x into one of g groups, of sizes n1,...,ng, but taking into account only the m=min{n1,...,ng} deepest elements of each group in the learning set. Additionally, this number can be reduced in a proportion alpha. The distance of x to these m elements is averaged and weighted with the depth of each element with respect to its own group. The predicted labels can be stored as a vector.

Author(s)

Sara Lopez-Pintado [e-mail] and

Aurora Torrente [e-mail]

References

Lopez-Pintado, S. et al. (2010). Robust depth-based tools for the analysis of gene expression data. Biostatistics, 11 (2), 254-264.

See Also

computeTmean, runDS

RcmdrPlugin.depthTools documentation built on Oct. 23, 2020, 5:49 p.m.