This notebook explores Random Forests to find out what variables control leaf temperature
If you are unfamiliar with some of the concepts covered in this tutorial it's recommended to read through the background reading below either as you go through the notebook or beforehand.
- Decision Tree Introductory Video
- Random Forests Introductory Video
- Random Forest overview linked with python
If you want a quick look at the contents inside the notebook before deciding to run it please view the md file generated (note some html code not fully rendered)
This notebook is designed to run on a laptop with no special hardware required therefore recommended to do a local installation as outline in the repository howtorun and jupyter_notebooks sections.
If you're already familiar with git, anaconda and virtual environments the environment you need to create is found in GP.yml and the code below to install activate and launch the notebook
conda env create -f RF.yml
conda activate RF
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