Add inverse transform in transformer

[vinx13]

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[karlnapf]

can we rename to inverse ... without transform ?

[karlnapf]

Could you let me know some examples of where such a thing is used? Just curious ... can't think of any (apart from the ICA one, I see that ... )

[vigsterkr]

The idea here was about sklearnish approach

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On 4 Jun 2018, at 16:45, Heiko Strathmann ***@***.***> wrote: @karlnapf commented on this pull request. In src/interfaces/swig/Transformer.i: > @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ */ /* These functions return new Objects */ -%newobject shogun::CTransformer::transform(CFeatures*); +%newobject shogun::CTransformer::transform(CFeatures*, bool inplace=true); +%newobject shogun::CTransformer::inverse_transform(CFeatures*, bool inplace=true); can we rename to inverse ... without transform ? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[karlnapf]

I see they have that ... well, then it is probably useful. ... ;)

[vigsterkr]

Min max scaled target (regression) for which u learn a model but then u wanna actually map back the prediction into the “original scale”

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On 4 Jun 2018, at 16:47, Heiko Strathmann ***@***.***> wrote: @karlnapf commented on this pull request. Could you let me know some examples of where such a thing is used? Just curious ... can't think of any (apart from the ICA one, I see that ... ) — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[karlnapf]

Ah yes of course!
@vinx13 hey what about a cookbook for that use case? :)