This repository contains the largeRCRF Java library, containing all of the logic used for training the random forests. This provides the Jar file used in the R package [largeRCRF](https://github.com/jatherrien/largeRCRF).
Most users interested in training random competing risks forests should use the [R package component](https://github.com/jatherrien/largeRCRF); the content in this repository is only useful for advanced users.
Documentation on how to extend the library to add support for other types of random forests will eventually be added, but for now if you're interested in that I suggest you take a look at the `MeanResponseCombiner` and `WeightedVarianceSplitFinder` classes to see how some basic regression random forests were introduced.
If you've made a modification to the package and would like to integrate it into the R package component, build the project in Maven with `mvn clean package`, then just copy `target/largeRCRF-library-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar` into the `inst/java/` directory for the R package, replacing the previous Jar file there. Then build the R package, possibly with your modifications to the code there, with `R> devtools::build()`.
Please don't take the current lack of documentation as a sign that I oppose others extending or modifying the project; if you have any questions on running, extending, integrating with R, or anything else related to this project, please don't hesitate to either [email me](mailto:joelt@sfu.ca) or create an Issue. Most likely my answers to your questions will end up forming the basis for any documentation written.
