square_window: Build a square windows variable, numeric target.

In WinVector/vtreat: A Statistically Sound 'data.frame' Processor/Conditioner

Build a square windows variable, numeric target.

Description

Build a square moving average window (KNN in 1d). This is a high-frequency feature.

Usage

square_window(varName, x, y, w = NULL)

Arguments

varName	character, name of variable
x	numeric input (not empty, no NAs).
y	numeric or castable to such (same length as x no NAs), output to match
w	numeric positive, same length as x (weights, can be NULL) IGNORED

Value

segmented y prediction

Examples

d <- data.frame(x = c(NA, 1:6), y = c(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0))
square_window("v", d$x, d$y)

WinVector/vtreat documentation built on Jan. 12, 2025, 6:04 a.m.