Random Forests with R

Robin Genuer is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Bordeaux and a member of the Inserm U1219 and Inria Bordeaux Sud-Ouest research centres. Jean-Michel Poggi is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Paris and member of the LMO, the Orsay Mathematics Laboratory (University of Paris Saclay). They have both produced various research works on random forests and have given numerous lectures and talks on the subject. They have also taught postgraduate and doctoral courses for a variety of audiences. Lastly, they have developed the R package VSURF

“The level of accuracy can be hard to beat. … The worked examples at the end of each chapter are perhaps the most useful feature of this text.” (John H. Maindonald, International Statistical Review, June 2, 2021)

• Introduction.- CART trees.- Random forests.- Variable importance.- Variable selection.- References.