0.3.0-alpha release

Preliminary wrapping of XGBoost Stable 0.81.

Installation

• Select gxgboost-0.3.0.zip with GAUSS (Tools > Install Application)
• Use gpkg utility in GAUSS home directory (./gpkg install gxgboost-0.3.0.zip).

Supports

• All boosting methods (tree, dart, linear)
• All parameters for each booster.

Not Supported

• Custom evaluation function
• Additional evaluation datasets during boosting iterations
• Rabit integration

Known Issues

• verbose parameter output on Windows is only visible on stdout (eg through Command-Prompt)

0.1.0-alpha release

Preliminary wrapping of XGBoost.

Installation

• Select gxgboost.zip with GAUSS (Tools -> Install Application)
• Use gpkg utility in GAUSS home directory (./gpkg install gxgboost.zip).

Supports

• All boosting methods (tree, dart, linear)
• All parameters for each booster.

Not Supported

• Custom evaluation function
• Additional evaluation datasets during boosting iterations
• Rabit integration

Known Issues

• verbose parameter output on Windows is only visible on stdout (eg through Command-Prompt)