Togaware DATA MINING
Desktop Survival Guide
by Graham Williams
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Convert Tree to Rules



list.rules.rpart <- function(model)
{
  if (!inherits(model, "rpart")) stop("Not a legitimate rpart tree")
  #
  # Get some information.
  #
  frm     <- model$frame
  names   <- row.names(frm)
  ylevels <- attr(model, "ylevels")
  ds.size <- model$frame[1,]$n
  #
  # Print each leaf node as a rule.
  #
  for (i in 1:nrow(frm))
  {
    if (frm[i,1] == "<leaf>")
    {
      # The following [,5] is hardwired - needs work!
      cat("\n")
      cat(sprintf(" Rule number: %s ", names[i]))
      cat(sprintf("[yval=%s cover=%d (%.0f%%) prob=%0.2f]\n",
                  ylevels[frm[i,]$yval], frm[i,]$n,
                  round(100*frm[i,]$n/ds.size), frm[i,]$yval2[,5]))
      pth <- path.rpart(model, nodes=as.numeric(names[i]), print.it=FALSE)
      cat(sprintf("   %s\n", unlist(pth)[-1]), sep="")
    }
  }
}



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