R functions (L)

The list of new R functions introduced in this Machine learning lab component are below:

Function_name Package_name Use
fancyRpartPlot rattle To plot an rpart object
fviz_nbclust factoextra To visualize the optimal number of clusters
kmeans base/stats To conduct K-Means cluster analysis
lowess base/stats To perform scatter plot smoothing aka lowess smoothing
rpart rpart To fit a classification tree (CART)
terms base/stats To extarct terms objects
varImp caret To calculate the variable importance measure