XGBoost: The Definitive Guide (Part 1)
A step-by-step derivation of the popular XGBoost algorithm including a detailed numerical illustration
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15 min readAug 9, 2023
XGBoost (short for eXtreme Gradient Boosting) is an open-source library that provides an optimized and scalable implementation of gradient boosted decision trees. It incorporates various software and hardware optimization…
