RISCA (version 1.0.4)

predict.rf.time: Prediction from a Suvival Random Forest Tree

Description

Predict the survival of new observations based on a random forest tree estimated by using rf.time.

Usage

# S3 method for rf.time
predict(object, ..., newdata, newtimes)

Value

times

A vector of numeric values with the times of the predictions.

predictions

A matrix with the predictions of survivals of each subject (lines) for each observed times (columns).

Arguments

object

An object returned by the function rf.time.

...

Further arguments passed.

newdata

An optional data frame containing covariate values at which to produce predicted values. There must be a column for every covariate included in cov.quanti and cov.quali included in the training sample. The default value is NULL, the predicted values are computed for the subjects of the training sample.

newtimes

The times at which to produce predicted values. The default value isNULL, the predicted values are computed for the observed times in the training data frame.

Author

Yohann Foucher <[e-mail]>

Camille Sabathe <[e-mail]>

Examples

data(dataDIVAT2)

# The estimation of the training model
model<-rf.time(times="times", failures="failures", data=dataDIVAT2,
  cov.quanti=c("age"),  cov.quali=c("hla", "retransplant", "ecd"), nodesize=10, mtry=2, ntree=100)

# Predicted survival from the validation sample
pred <- predict(model,
  newdata=data.frame(age=c(52,52), hla=c(0,1), retransplant=c(1,1), ecd=c(0,1)))

plot(y=pred$predictions[1,], x=pred$times, xlab="Time (years)", ylab="Predicted survival",
     col=1, type="l", lty=1, lwd=2, ylim=c(0,1))

lines(y=pred$predictions[2,], x=pred$times, col=2, type="l", lty=1, lwd=2) 

legend("bottomright", col=c(1,2), lty=1, lwd=2, c("Subject #1", "Subject #2"))