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\u26a1 LightGBM Flashcards<\/h2>\n

A gradient boosting framework that uses tree-based learning algorithms<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83c\udf33 What is LightGBM?<\/h3>\n

A high-performance gradient boosting framework optimized for speed and accuracy, especially on large datasets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\ude80 Speed Advantage<\/h3>\n

Uses histogram-based algorithms and leaf-wise tree growth, making it significantly faster than XGBoost in many cases.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udcca Dataset Compatibility<\/h3>\n

Best suited for large datasets with thousands of features. Handles both categorical and numerical features efficiently.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83e\uddea Use Cases<\/h3>\n

Fraud detection, click-through rate prediction, ranking tasks, and any tabular supervised learning problem.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2699\ufe0f Core Features<\/h3>\n

Supports parallel learning, efficient memory usage, GPU training, and early stopping.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udce6 Installation<\/h3>\n

Install with pip install lightgbm<\/code>. Requires CMake and compilers for advanced builds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udcc8 Tuning Parameters<\/h3>\n

Key parameters: num_leaves<\/code>, learning_rate<\/code>, n_estimators<\/code>, max_depth<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udcc9 Overfitting Control<\/h3>\n

Use max_depth<\/code>, min_data_in_leaf<\/code>, feature_fraction<\/code>, and bagging_fraction<\/code> to reduce overfitting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udcc2 File Format<\/h3>\n

Model can be saved in text or binary format using booster.save_model()<\/code> method.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83e\uddee Categorical Features<\/h3>\n

Use categorical_feature<\/code> argument to handle non-numeric features natively without one-hot encoding.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udcbb GPU Support<\/h3>\n

Enable with device = 'gpu'<\/code> for faster training on large datasets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udd04 Integration<\/h3>\n

Integrates with scikit-learn API and supports use with libraries like Optuna and MLflow for hyperparameter tuning and tracking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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