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Feature Importance

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how important the feature was for the classification performance of the model; a measure of the individual contribution of the corresponding feature for a particular classifier, regardless of the shape (e.g., linear or nonlinear relationship) or direction of the feature effect

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Comparison of feature importance measures as explanations for classification models1 senseview framework →
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how important the feature was for the classification performance of the model; a measure of the individual contribution of the corresponding feature for a particular classifier, regardless of the shape (e.g., linear or nonlinear relationship) or direction of the feature effect

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