impute.rfsrc: Impute Only Mode

Description

Fast imputation mode for RF-SRC. A random forest is grown and used to impute missing data. No ensemble estimates or error rates are calculated.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'rfsrc':
impute(formula, data, ntree = 1000, mtry = NULL,
  nodesize = NULL, splitrule = NULL, nsplit = 0, big.data = FALSE,
  nimpute = 1, xvar.wt = NULL, seed = NULL, do.trace = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

formula

A symbolic description of the model to be fit. Can be left unspecified if there are no outcomes or we don't care to distinguish between y-outcomes and x-variables in the imputation.

data

Data frame containing the data to be imputed.

ntree

Number of trees to grow.

mtry

Number of variables randomly sampled at each split.

nodesize

Minimum terminal node size.

splitrule

Splitting rule used to grow trees.

nsplit

Non-negative integer value used to specify random splitting.

big.data

Set this value to TRUE for large sample sizes.

nimpute

Number of iterations of missing data algorithm.

xvar.wt

Weights for selecting variables for splitting on.

seed

Seed for random number generator.

do.trace

Should trace output be enabled?

...

Further arguments passed to or from other methods.

Value

Invisibly, the data frame containing the orginal data with imputed data overlayed.

Details

Grow a forest and use this to impute data. All external calculations such as ensemble calculations, error rates, etc. are turned off. Use this function if your only interest is imputing the data.

All options are the same as rfsrc and the user should consult the help file for rfsrc for details.

Examples

Run this code

### survival example

#default split rule
data(pbc, package = "randomForestSRC")
pbc.d <- impute.rfsrc(Surv(days, status) ~ ., data = pbc, nsplit = 3)

#random splitting is fast and works well
pbc2.d <- impute.rfsrc(Surv(days, status) ~ ., data = pbc, splitrule = "random")
summary(pbc.d - pbc2.d)

### regression.example

air.d <- impute.rfsrc(Ozone ~ ., data = airquality, nimpute = 5)
air2.d <- impute.rfsrc(Ozone ~ ., data = airquality, nimpute = 5, splitrule = "random")

### Examples where we impute without distinction between y-outcomes
### and x-variables.  We are invoking random splitting.
### Note that all variables are imputed.

data(pbc, package = "randomForestSRC")
pbcR.d <- impute.rfsrc(data = pbc, nimpute = 5)
airR.d <- impute.rfsrc(data = airquality, nimpute = 5)