mboost (version 0.4-6)

boost_dpp: Data Preprocessing for Gradient Boosting

Description

Formula parsing and model matrix computations for gradient boosting functions.

Usage

boost_dpp(formula, data, weights = NULL, ...)

Arguments

formula
a symbolic description of the model to be fit.
data
a data frame containing the variables in the model.
weights
an optional vector of weights to be used in the fitting process.
...
additional arguments passed to callies.

Value

  • An object of class boost_data.

Details

Some very basic formula parsing and model matrix computations.