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Empirical characterization of random forest variable importance measures

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  • Archer, Kellie J.
  • Kimes, Ryan V.

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  • Archer, Kellie J. & Kimes, Ryan V., 2008. "Empirical characterization of random forest variable importance measures," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 2249-2260, January.
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