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8.5 Permutation Feature Importance #351
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Thanks for the feedback. I currently see feature importance as something for ranking features. Directionality is something I consider that feature effects or feature attributions have. |
I agree. I am just making the point that "directionality" is not listed as a disadvantage of permutation feature importance. Maybe it does not need to be. I just wanted to say that the book does not point this out explicitly. |
Yeah, I see now what you mean. Maybe I'll add that in the 3rd edition of the book. |
Great book.
One comment I would add.
I think that another disadvantage of permutation feature importance is directionality. In some applications it is not enough to know how important a feature is, but if that feature moved the response up or down. To my knowledge permutation feature importance does not provide directionality.
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