Conveners
Monday Afternoon Session
- David Rousseau (LAL-Orsay, FR)
Dr
Sergei Gleyzer
(University of Florida (US))
09/11/2015, 15:00
Feature selection and reduction are key to robust multivariate analyses. In this talk I will focus on pros and cons of various variable selection methods and focus on those that are most relevant in the context of HEP.
Helge Voss
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DE)), Dr
Sergei Gleyzer
(University of Florida (US))
09/11/2015, 15:45
This tutorial will both give an introduction on how to use TMVA in root6 and showcase some new features, such as modularity, variable importance, interfaces to R and python. After explaining the basic functionality, the typical steps required during a real life application (such as variable selection, pre-processing, tuning and classifier evaluation) will be demonstrated on simple examples....