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With the XGBoost algorithm using 10-20 features, how are the splits decided, and on which feature will they be divided?

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XgBoost algorithm uses a greedy approach to determine splits based on feature importance.
XgBoost algorithm calculates the information gain for each feature to determine the best split.
The feature with...read more
ds yard
10mo
Wrong. We don't calculate information gain we calculate similarity score instead to get the best spl...read more
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