Rejoinder on: A random forest guided tour

First of all, we would like to thank S. Arlot, P. Bhlmann, R. Genuer, P. Geurts,G. Hooker, F. Leonardi, L. Mentch, S. Wager, and L. Wehenkel for their insightful and stimulating comments on our review paper, as well as for their thorough investigation. The comments all underline the importance of random forests and of the connected topic of variable selection. Of special interest is the diversity of perspectives, which include theoretical, practical, and computational issues. To summarize, there are ve main points in the discussions that are quite recurrent.