Hi Nina, Tobias, All,

> I would like to post few questions for the clarification of the Algorithm -
> Model - Validation relationship:
>
> ...
>
> - Does the Validation service rely on such functionality, or calculates the
> relevant statistics itself ?
>

No, here is my (validation) point of view:

Prediction models do not calculate prediction statistics on their own,
they just make predictions.
You can use the validation service to get the RMSE of a regression
model on some dataset. The corresponding REST operation is the third
command in the API
(http://www.opentox.org/dev/apis/api-1.1/Validation). The RMSE as well
as other regression statistics are available in the validation object
which is returned.

Best regards,
Martin


> Best regards,
> Nina
>



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