@JFPuget: Significant: one can now use XGBoost for multi class or multi label problems without having to train a model for each c…
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XGBoost has been updated to support multi-class and multi-label problems without the need to train separate models for each class or label, introducing the Vector-Leaf Model.
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Significant: one can now use XGBoost for multi class or multi label problems without having to train a model for each class or label.
Tianqi Chen (@tqchenml): Checkout the latest XGBoost update “Introducing the XGBoost Vector-Leaf Model” from jiamin yuan and Rory Mitchell
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