Vipnway

Purpose

Calculate Variable Importance in Projection from NPLS model.

Synopsis

vip_scores = vipnway(model)

Description

Variable Importance in Projection (VIP) scores estimate the importance of each variable in the projection used in a NPLS model and is often used for variable selection. A variable with a VIP Score close to or greater than 1 (one) can be considered important in given model. Variables with VIP scores significantly less than 1 (one) are less important and might be good candidates for exclusion from the model. It works for X n-way and Y up to two-way and it assume samples are in the first mode.

Inputs

• model = A NPLS model structure from a NPLS model.

Outputs

• vip_scores = a cell array with dimensions of: [modes 2 to n X # of columns in Y]. The first row in the cell array corresponds to VIP Scores for mode 2. The second row corresponds to VIP Scores for mode 3.

See Also

selectvars, genalg, ipls, pls, plsda, sratio, rpls, vip