#define ATTRIBUTES_PER_SAMPLE (16*16*3)
// Assumes training data (1000, 16x16x3) are in training_data
// Assumes training classifications (1000, 1) are in training_classifications

// All inputs are numerical. You can change this to reflect your data
Mat var_type = Mat(ATTRIBUTES_PER_SAMPLE + 1, 1, CV_8U );
var_type.setTo(Scalar(CV_VAR_NUMERICAL) ); // all inputs are numerical

// Output is a category; this is classification, not regression
var_type.at<uchar>(ATTRIBUTES_PER_SAMPLE, 0) = CV_VAR_CATEGORICAL;

// Train the classifier
CvRTrees* rtree = new CvRTrees;
rtree->train(training_data, CV_ROW_SAMPLE, training_classifications,
             Mat(), Mat(), var_type);