Gradient Boosting

Here you’ll find everything about gradient boosting, whether it’s Python tutorials on implementing the algorithm with XGBoost or conceptual articles describing how it works.

Gradient boosting is a type of machine learning algorithm for regression and classification. It is a boosting algorithm, which means that it combines multiple weak or base learners to create a strong or ensemble learner that can make accurate predictions. The algorithm works by iteratively training weak learners, such as decision trees, on the residual errors or errors made by the previous learners in the ensemble. The algorithm then combines the learners to make a final prediction using a weighted sum or another combination rule. An open-source software library for training and deploying gradient boosting models is XGBoost. It has found wide adoption in machine learning and can solve various tasks, including regression, classification, and ranking.