On Tue, April 3, 2007 1:02 pm, belinda thom said: > Hi, > > I've just finished looking at: > > http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/emergent/ > Conx_20Implementation_20Details#preview > > where I was hoping to find insight into how to use k-fold cross > validation. I did find: > > This class uses the simpliest form of cross validation, called the > holdout method. This method divides the data into two sets: the > training data, and the testing data. There are other more complex > cross validation methods, including k-fold and leave-one-out.
Hi Belinda, That last sentence should probably be: "More complex cross validation methods exist (such as k-fold and leave-one-out); however, conx does not implement those." Patches implementing more sophisticated validation methods gladly accepted :) -Doug > But after searching thru conx for "cross" I found nothing that > appeared related to k-fold usage. In case this is useful to you, I > did find a comment that seems truncated (the last sentence appears to > be a fragment that makes no sense and should be removed). > > def setSweepReportRate(self, value): > """ > Sets self.sweepReportRate to value. sweep() will report > when epoch % sweepReportRate == 0. there is a cross > validation data set. > """ > > Advice on where to find info for using k-fold w/conx graciously > appreciated. > > Thx, > > --b > > _______________________________________________ > Pyro-users mailing list > Pyro-users@pyrorobotics.org > http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/mailman/listinfo/pyro-users > -- Douglas S. Blank Associate Professor, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/ Office: 610 526 6501 _______________________________________________ Pyro-users mailing list Pyro-users@pyrorobotics.org http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/mailman/listinfo/pyro-users
