Chapter 1: Machine Learning Landscape
Welcome to Hands-On Gradient Boosting with XGBoost and Scikit-Learn, a book that will teach you the foundations, tips, and tricks of XGBoost, the best machine learning algorithm for making predictions from tabular data.
The focus of this book is XGBoost, also known as Extreme Gradient Boosting. The structure, function, and raw power of XGBoost will be fleshed out in increasing detail in each chapter. The chapters unfold to tell an incredible story: the story of XGBoost. By the end of this book, you will be an expert in leveraging XGBoost to make predictions from real data.
In the first chapter, XGBoost is presented in a sneak preview. It makes a guest appearance in the larger context of machine learning ...
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