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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>When I include the presence-absence of a host specie as a variable, the VarImportance of ANN shows only zeros associated with the host layer. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>All other algorithms show the opposite: the host is the most important variable.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>All the rest is ok: I can plot the ANN's results and reach some good values of AUC but this result of VarImportance seems strange. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Thank you for the support.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR></P> </body>
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