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I was reading this answer and thought I would ask a question since it had been asked ~5 years ago. Now there is a line in the answer where it states that to train the classifier, you can use the code:

cfun = titUnclass["Train", Classify @* Values, #Features -> #Objective &];

I had never seen this "at star" notation before, so I looked it up, and discovered it was called Composition (@*). Now I know for Classify that it can specify several methods, however, written like this, it seems that Mathematica goes through several methods before determining the best to use.

My issue is this: I would like to specify the method, however I do not know enough to figure out how to rewrite this line to do so. I tried

cfun = titUnclass["Train", Classify[Values, Method -> "DecisionTree"], #Features -> #Objective &];

and

Composition[Classify][Values]

but received the error (for both)

Classify::bdfmt: Argument Values should be a rule, a list of rules, or an association.

If someone could point me in the right direction for tackling this, it would be greatly appreciated.

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  • $\begingroup$ You misread the notation. Look at the result of FullForm[Classify @* Values]. Then, look at the result of (f @* g)[x]. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s eventual burnout ♦
    Apr 25, 2020 at 4:33
  • $\begingroup$ Oh! I see! My mistake. I wrote work around where I use //Normal, but I'm still curious to see how Composition[Classify,Values] would be re-written to include Method. $\endgroup$
    – Illari
    Apr 25, 2020 at 4:36
  • $\begingroup$ Normally, the function concerned would be something like Classify[Values[stuff]], which you want to modify to Classify[Values[stuff], Method -> "DecisionTree"]. Since you're calling it inside a Dataset[], you'd need to use # and & somewhere in there. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s eventual burnout ♦
    Apr 25, 2020 at 4:39
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for taking the time to comment. $\endgroup$
    – Illari
    Apr 25, 2020 at 4:46
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    $\begingroup$ does cfun = titUnclass["Train", (Classify[#,Method->"DecisionTree"]&)@*Values, #Features -> #Objective &]; work? $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Apr 25, 2020 at 4:52

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You can try

cfun = titUnclass["Train", (Classify[#, Method->"DecisionTree"]&) @* Values,
   #Features -> #Objective &];
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    $\begingroup$ titUnclass["Train", Classify[Values[#], Method -> "DecisionTree"] &, #Features -> #Objective &] was the result I was hoping OP would think up, but oh well. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s eventual burnout ♦
    Apr 25, 2020 at 9:18

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