Class-focused variable importance in random forests for multi-class outcomes

DOI10.1007/S00357-026-09545-6MaRDI QIDQ7321014zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Roman Hornung, A. Hapfelmeier

Publication date 28 August 2026

Published in Journal of Classification (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00357-026-09545-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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