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makeDummyFeaturesWrapper

Fuse learner with dummy feature creator.


Description

Fuses a base learner with the dummy feature creator (see createDummyFeatures). Returns a learner which can be used like any other learner.

Usage

makeDummyFeaturesWrapper(learner, method = "1-of-n", cols = NULL)

Arguments

learner

(Learner | character(1))
The learner. If you pass a string the learner will be created via makeLearner.

method

(character(1))
Available are:

"1-of-n":

For n factor levels there will be n dummy variables.

"reference":

There will be n-1 dummy variables leaving out the first factor level of each variable.

Default is “1-of-n”.

cols

(character)
Columns to create dummy features for. Default is to use all columns.

Value

See Also


mlr

Machine Learning in R

v2.19.0
BSD_2_clause + file LICENSE
Authors
Bernd Bischl [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6002-6980>), Michel Lang [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-0393>), Lars Kotthoff [aut], Patrick Schratz [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-6624>), Julia Schiffner [aut], Jakob Richter [aut], Zachary Jones [aut], Giuseppe Casalicchio [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-5966>), Mason Gallo [aut], Jakob Bossek [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-4668>), Erich Studerus [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4233-0182>), Leonard Judt [ctb], Tobias Kuehn [ctb], Pascal Kerschke [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-1418>), Florian Fendt [ctb], Philipp Probst [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8402-6790>), Xudong Sun [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3269-2307>), Janek Thomas [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-6245>), Bruno Vieira [ctb], Laura Beggel [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8872-8535>), Quay Au [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-8902>), Martin Binder [ctb], Florian Pfisterer [ctb], Stefan Coors [ctb], Steve Bronder [ctb], Alexander Engelhardt [ctb], Christoph Molnar [ctb], Annette Spooner [ctb]
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