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Problem Note 60156: PROC HPFOREST does not use the SEED= option when selecting candidate splitting-variables in each node

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In SAS® High-Performance Data Mining, the HPFOREST procedure supports a SEED= option in the PROC HPFOREST statement.  "SAS Enterprise Miner ...  High-Performance Procedures" contains the following information:

 

SEED=n

specifies the seed for generating random numbers. The HPFOREST procedure uses random numbers to select training observations for each tree and to select candidate variables in each node to split on. n is a nonnegative integer. Set n to 0 to use the internal default. The default value of the seed is 8,976,153.

 

However, PROC HPFOREST does not use the SEED= option " ... to select candidate variables in each node to split on".  Instead, the procedure uses a fast-random-number generator for selecting candidate variables.  The generator uses the tree ID and the node ID to form a seed, and that use is designed to ensure diversity of sets of candidates across trees.  

 



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Enterprise MinerMicrosoft Windows 8 Enterprise x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 1012.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled AIX12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled Solaris12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
HP-UX IPF12.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Linux for x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Solaris for x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
Microsoft® Windows® for x6412.314.39.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M5
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.