r - R中的NaiveBayes无法预测-因子(0)级别:

我有一个数据集看起来像这样:

data.flu <- data.frame(chills = c(1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1), runnyNose = c(0,1,0,1,0,1,1,1), headache = c("M", "N", "S", "M", "N", "S", "S", "M"), fever = c(1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1), flu = c(0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1) )
> data.flu
   chills runnyNose headache fever flu
1      1         0        M     1   0
2      1         1        N     0   1
3      1         0        S     1   1
4      0         1        M     1   1
5      0         0        N     0   0
6      0         1        S     1   1
7      0         1        S     0   0
8      1         1        M     1   1

> str(data.flu)
'data.frame':   8 obs. of  5 variables:
 $ chills   : num  1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
 $ runnyNose: num  0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
 $ headache : Factor w/ 3 levels "M","N","S": 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 1
 $ fever    : num  1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
 $ flu      : num  0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

为什么predict函数什么都没给我返回？

# I can see the model has been successfully created.
model <- naiveBayes(flu~., data=data.flu)
# I created a new data
patient <- data.frame(chills = c(1), runnyNose = c(0), headache = c("M"), fever = c(1))
> predict(model, patient)
factor(0)
Levels:
# I tried with the training data, still won't work
> predict(model, data.flu[,-5])
factor(0)
Levels:

我尝试按照naiveBayes的帮助手册中的示例进行操作，它对我有用。我不确定我的方法有什么问题。非常感谢!

我认为在应用naivebayes模型之前数据类型可能有问题，我尝试使用as.factor更改所有变量以分解为因子，这似乎对我有用。但是我仍然对幕后的“如何”和“为什么”感到非常困惑。

最佳答案

问题不在于predict()函数，而在于您的模型定义。
naiveBayes()的帮助文件说:

Computes the conditional a-posterior probabilities of a categorical class variable
given independent predictor variables using the Bayes rule.

因此，y值应该是分类的，但在您的情况下，它们是数字。

解决方案是将flu转换为factor。

model <- naiveBayes(as.factor(flu)~., data=data.flu)
predict(model, patient)
[1] 1
Levels: 0 1