For the record: I **was** trying to be helpful. I simply didn't know whether "I struggled" meant that the OP had done a web search; as Chuck mentioned, when I did one, I found what looked like possibly helpful hits. The OP's hostile response frankly surprised me, but I see no reason to respond in kind.
Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > While a plea about struggling may seem appropriate to you, it is just as > content-free as a reply telling you to use Google... and like it or not, > that tit-for-tat arises due to frustration with lack of specificity as > detailed by Charles. That is, if you are constructive about documenting > your issue with a reproducible example and mentioning what you have tried > and how it failed, you won't prompt such frustrated/unhelpful responses in > the future. > > Did you find [1] or [2]? > > [1] https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/177677/gaussian- > process-prediction-interval > > [2] https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/9131/obtaining- > a-formula-for-prediction-limits-in-a-linear-model/9144#9144 > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On December 11, 2017 9:53:01 AM PST, Damjan Krstajic < > dkrsta...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >Thank you Charles Berry for your kind reply. I don't see anything wrong > >with the word "struggling". I have spent several hours trying various R > >packages like kernlab and GPfit to use GP to create a binary > >classification model which produces a prediction interval for each > >sample. I have been struggling because with all of them you may create > >a GP classification model but it only produces a single prediction > >probability, and not a prediction interval of probabilities. Packages > >that I have tried may provide a prediction interval for regression but > >not for binary classification. > > > > > >You mention "The Gaussian Processes Web Site", have you checked how > >many R packages are listed there? > > > > > >I have been coding in R for more than a decade and contact r-help when > >I am struggling (I don't see anything wrong with this word) to find a > >solution in R. Replies like "Google it!" are below my level of my > >communication and understanding of others. > > > > > >Best wishes > > > >DK > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Berry, Charles <ccbe...@ucsd.edu> > >Sent: 11 December 2017 17:04 > >To: Damjan Krstajic > >Cc: Bert Gunter; r-help@r-project.org > >Subject: Re: Gaussian Process Classification R packages > > > > > >> On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:06 AM, Damjan Krstajic <dkrsta...@hotmail.com> > >wrote: > >> > >> I have kindly asked for help and I am sad to receive such a reply > >from some on the r-help list. > >> > >> > > > >Well, you only said you were `struggling' to find a package. > > > >Bert may well have done the Google search himself and found numerous > >resources on such models including links to R (as I did, see below). > >If so, his response seems quite natural. > > > >Perhaps, you need to say what is wrong with the hits you got and the > >packages that they describe to keep a potential response from running > >in the wrong direction. Perhaps, you have misunderstood the > >capabilities of a package or failed to grasp an inobvious way to use > >the package to reach your goal. In any case, providing some background > >of why you think the obvious leads do not work in your case can be > >helpful. > > > >Doing that search myself I see links to R packages, R functions, and to > >"The Gaussian Processes Web Site" which has a table of possibly > >relevant softwares. It seems like there is a lot there to digest. > > > >HTH, > > > >Chuck > > > >> I did google it prior to sending my request, and I could not find any > >R package which provides GP classification model which produces > >prediction intervals for each sample. I would be grateful if anybody > >could inform me about it. Thank you. > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: 11 December 2017 15:50 > >> To: Damjan Krstajic > >> Cc: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages > >> > >> Google it! > >> > >> "R Gaussian process model binary classification." > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Bert > >> > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > >______________________________________________ > >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >PLEASE do read the posting guide > >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ > posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.