ThisbookisyourguidetofastgradientboostinginPython.YouwilldiscovertheXGBoostPythonlibraryforgradientboostingandhowtouseittodevelopandevaluategradientboostingmodels.Inthisbookyouwilldiscoverthetechniques,recipesandskillswithXGBoostthatyoucanthenbringtoyourownmachinelearningprojects.GradientBoostingdoeshaveasomefascinatingmathunderthecovers,butyoudonotneedtoknowittobeabletopickitupasatoolandwielditonimportantprojectstodeliverrealvalue.Fromtheappliedperspective,gradientboostingisquiteashallowfieldandamotivateddevelopercanquicklypickitupandstartmakingveryrealandimpactfulcontributions.
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