ctree : Conditional Inference Trees

This vignette describes the new reimplementation of conditional inference trees (CTree) in the R package partykit. CTree is a non-parametric class of regression trees embedding tree-structured regression models into a well defined theory of conditional inference procedures. It is applicable to all kinds of regression problems, including nominal, ordinal, numeric, censored as well as multivariate response variables and arbitrary measurement scales of the covariates. The vignette comprises a practical guide to exploiting the flexible and extensible computational tools in partykit for fitting and visualizing conditional inference trees.

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