Models

The core class of the spines package is the spines.Model class. All models have four primary functions in common: build, fit, predict and error. You can implement as many additional functions as needed but these lie at the heart of the spines library.

build

The build function is optional and called prior to any fitting or predicting. It’s job is to do any initialization required for the model prior to use.

fit

The fit function (aka train) takes input data and it’s corresponding output data and fits the model. This function is not required (though it is likely implemented for most use cases).

predict

The predict function takes input data and generates it’s corresponding outputs based on the parameters of the model.

error

The error function takes input and output data and calculates an error measure for the model.