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compact

Reduce size of regression ensemble model

Description

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cens = compact(ens) returns a CompactRegressionEnsemble version of the trained regression ensemble model ens.

You can predict regressions using the CompactRegressionEnsemble object cens in the same way as when you use ens. However, because cens does not contain training data, you cannot perform some actions, such as cross-validation.

Input Arguments

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Full regression ensemble model, specified as a RegressionEnsemble model object trained with fitrensemble.

Examples

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Compare the size of a regression ensemble for the carsmall data to the size of the compact version of the ensemble.

Load the carsmall data set and select acceleration, number of cylinders, displacement, horsepower, and vehicle weight as predictors.

load carsmall
X = [Acceleration Cylinders Displacement Horsepower Weight];

Train an ensemble of regression trees.

ens = fitrensemble(X,MPG);

Create a compact version of ens and compare ensemble sizes.

cens = compact(ens);
b = whos("ens"); 
c = whos("cens");  
[b.bytes c.bytes]  % b.bytes = size of ens and c.bytes = size of cens
ans = 1×2

      501081      468548

The compact ensemble uses less memory.

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2011a