pdsoftbart: Partial dependence plots for SoftBart

In SoftBart: Implements the SoftBart Algorithm

Partial dependence plots for SoftBart

Description

Modified version of the pdbart function from the BayesTree package; largely supplanted by the softbart_regression and partial_dependence_regression functions. Runs softbart at test observations constructed so that a plot can be created displaying the effect of a single variable or pair of variables.

Usage

pdsoftbart(
  X,
  Y,
  xind = NULL,
  levs = NULL,
  levquants = c(0.05, (1:9)/10, 0.95),
  pl = FALSE,
  plquants = c(0.05, 0.95),
  ...
)

Arguments

X	Training data covariates.
Y	Training data response.
xind	Variables to create the partial dependence plots for.
levs	List of levels of the covariates to evaluate at.
levquants	Used if levs is not supplied; takes levs to be quantiles of associated predictors.
pl	Create a plot?
plquants	Quantiles for the partial dependence plot.
...	Additional arguments passed to softbart or plot.

Value

Returns a list with components given below.

• fd: A matrix whose (i,j)th value is the ith draw of the partial dependence function for the jth level.

• levs: The list of levels used, each component corresponding to a variable. If the argument levs was supplied it is unchanged. Otherwise, the levels in levs are constructed using the argument levquants.

SoftBart documentation built on Nov. 24, 2025, 10:15 a.m.