Re: [Scikit-learn-general] matlab SVM to python Scikit

2014-11-01 Thread Xin Shuai
Regarding to SVM, I don't know why that SVM in Scikit-Learn is running very slow and I cannot even have the results.. On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Sturla Molden wrote: > On 01/11/14 12:16, Philipp Schiffer wrote: > > > Would someone maybe know of a good tutorial, which could help porting a >

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Dealing with Categorical Variable in Random Forest

2014-10-29 Thread Xin Shuai
t; depth onwards. > > I cannot comment on future developments, but I have the feeling that > better treatment of categorical features may be on the plan :) > > Michael > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Xin Shuai wrote: > >> Hi,: >> I'm a fan of Scikit-

[Scikit-learn-general] Dealing with Categorical Variable in Random Forest

2014-10-29 Thread Xin Shuai
Hi,: I'm a fan of Scikit-learn and it is my favorite ML package. However, I found this package DOES NOT deal with categorical variable for tree-based method. So I need to convert categorical variable into dummy variable before I can use tree method. Actually, this is counterintuitive to the origi