disc.ef {dprep} | R Documentation

## Discretization using the method of equal frequencies

### Description

Unsupervised discretization using intervals of equal frequencies

### Usage

    disc.ef(data, varcon, k)

### Arguments

`data` | The dataset to be discretized
`varcon` | A vector conatining the continuous features
`k` | the number of intervals to be used.

### Value

Returns a new data matrix with discretized values

### Author(s)

Edgar Acuna

### References

Kantardzic M. (2003). Data Mining: Concepts, Models, methods, and Algorithms. John Wiley. New York.

### See Also

`disc.1r`, `disc.ew`,`chiMerge`

### Examples

    #Discretization using the equal frequency method
    data(bupa)
    disc.ef(bupa,1:6,8)

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