R: Convergence of agtboost model.

gbt.convergence {agtboost} | R Documentation

## Convergence of agtboost model.

### Description

`gbt.convergence` calculates loss of data over iterations in the model

### Usage

    gbt.convergence(object, y, x)

### Arguments

`object` | Object or pointer to object of class `ENSEMBLE`
`y` | response vector
`x` | design matrix for training. Must be of type `matrix`.

### Details

Computes the loss on supplied data at each boosting iterations of the model passed as object. This may be used to visually test for overfitting on test data, or the converce, to check for underfitting or non-convergence.

### Value

`vector` with $K+1$ elements with loss at each boosting iteration and at the first constant prediction

### Examples

    ## Gaussian regression:
    x_tr <- as.matrix(runif(500, 0, 4))
    y_tr <- rnorm(500, x_tr, 1)
    x_te <- as.matrix(runif(500, 0, 4))
    y_te <- rnorm(500, x_te, 1)
    mod <- gbt.train(y_tr, x_tr)
    convergence <- gbt.convergence(mod, y_te, x_te)
    which.min(convergence) # Should be fairly similar to boosting iterations + 1
    mod$get_num_trees() +1 # num_trees does not include initial prediction

[Package agtboost version 0.9.3 Index]