subset.ALEPlots: subset method for ALEPlots object

In ale: Interpretable Machine Learning and Statistical Inference with Accumulated Local Effects (ALE)

subset method for ALEPlots object

Description

Subset an ALEPlots object to produce another ALEPlots object only with the subsetted x_cols variables and interactions, as specified in the return value description.

See get.ALE() for explanation of parameters not described here.

Arguments

x	An object of class ALEPlots.
...	not used. Inserted to require explicit naming of subsequent arguments.
include_eff	logical(1). x_cols and exclude_cols specify precisely which variables to include or exclude in the subset. However, multivariable plots like ALE effects plot are ambiguous because they cannot be subsetted to remove some existing variables. include_eff = TRUE (default) includes the ALE effects plot in the subset rather than dropping it, if it is available.

Value

An ALEPlots object reduced to cover only variables and interactions specified by x_cols and exclude_cols. This is different from get.ALEPlots(), which returns a list of ggplot objects and loses the special ALEPlots behaviour like plotting, printing, and summarizing multiple plots.

ale documentation built on Aug. 29, 2025, 5:13 p.m.