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Fixed a few typos in README
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An optimized general purpose gradient boosting library. The library is parallelized, and also provides an optimized distributed version. An optimized general purpose gradient boosting library. The library is parallelized, and also provides an optimized distributed version.
It implements machine learning algorithms under the [Gradient Boosting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_boosting) framework, including [Generalized Linear Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_linear_model) (GLM) and [Gradient Boosted Decision Trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_boosting#Gradient_tree_boosting) (GBDT). XGBoost can also be [distributed](#features) and scale to Terascale data It implements machine learning algorithms under the [Gradient Boosting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_boosting) framework, including [Generalized Linear Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_linear_model) (GLM) and [Gradient Boosted Decision Trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_boosting#Gradient_tree_boosting) (GBDT). XGBoost can also be [distributed](#features) and scale to Terascale data
Checkout our [Comitters and Contributors](CONTRIBUTORS.md) who keep make xgboost better. Check out our [Committers and Contributors](CONTRIBUTORS.md) who help make xgboost better.
Documentations: [Documentation of dmlc/xgboost](doc/README.md) Documentation: [Documentation of dmlc/xgboost](doc/README.md)
Issues Tracker: [https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Aquestion) Issue Tracker: [https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Aquestion)
Please join [XGBoost User Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xgboost-user/) to ask questions and share your experience on xgboost. Please join [XGBoost User Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xgboost-user/) to ask questions and share your experience on xgboost.
- Use issue tracker for bug reports, feature requests etc. - Use issue tracker for bug reports, feature requests etc.
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What's New What's New
========== ==========
* XGBoost helps Chenglong Chen to win [Kaggle CrowdFlower Competition](https://www.kaggle.com/c/crowdflower-search-relevance) * XGBoost helps Chenglong Chen to win [Kaggle CrowdFlower Competition](https://www.kaggle.com/c/crowdflower-search-relevance)
- Checkout the winning solution at [Highlight links](doc/README.md#highlight-links) - Check out the winning solution at [Highlight links](doc/README.md#highlight-links)
* XGBoost-0.4 release, see [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md#xgboost-04) * XGBoost-0.4 release, see [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md#xgboost-04)
* XGBoost helps three champion teams to win [WWW2015 Microsoft Malware Classification Challenge (BIG 2015)](http://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/forums/t/13490/say-no-to-overfitting-approaches-sharing) * XGBoost helps three champion teams to win [WWW2015 Microsoft Malware Classification Challenge (BIG 2015)](http://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/forums/t/13490/say-no-to-overfitting-approaches-sharing)
- Checkout the winning solution at [Highlight links](doc/README.md#highlight-links) - Check out the winning solution at [Highlight links](doc/README.md#highlight-links)
* [External Memory Version](doc/external_memory.md) * [External Memory Version](doc/external_memory.md)
Contributing to XGBoost Contributing to XGBoost
========= =========
XGBoost has been developed and used by a group of active community. Everyone is more than welcomed to is a great way to make the project better and more accessible to more users. XGBoost has been developed and used by a group of active community members. Everyone is more than welcome to contribute. It is a way to make the project better and more accessible to more users.
* Checkout [Feature Wish List](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/labels/Wish-List) to see what can be improved, or open an issue if you want something. * Check out [Feature Wish List](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/labels/Wish-List) to see what can be improved, or open an issue if you want something.
* Contribute to the [documents and examples](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/doc/) to share your experience with other users. * Contribute to the [documents and examples](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/doc/) to share your experience with other users.
* Please add your name to [CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md) after your patch has been merged. * Please add your name to [CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md) after your patch has been merged.
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XGBoost in Graphlab Create XGBoost in Graphlab Create
========================== ==========================
* XGBoost is adopted as part of boosted tree toolkit in Graphlab Create (GLC). Graphlab Create is a powerful python toolkit that allows you to data manipulation, graph processing, hyper-parameter search, and visualization of TeraBytes scale data in one framework. Try the Graphlab Create in http://graphlab.com/products/create/quick-start-guide.html * XGBoost is adopted as part of boosted tree toolkit in Graphlab Create (GLC). Graphlab Create is a powerful python toolkit that allows you to do data manipulation, graph processing, hyper-parameter search, and visualization of TeraBytes scale data in one framework. Try the Graphlab Create in http://graphlab.com/products/create/quick-start-guide.html
* Nice blogpost by Jay Gu using GLC boosted tree to solve kaggle bike sharing challenge: http://blog.graphlab.com/using-gradient-boosted-trees-to-predict-bike-sharing-demand * Nice blogpost by Jay Gu about using GLC boosted tree to solve kaggle bike sharing challenge: http://blog.graphlab.com/using-gradient-boosted-trees-to-predict-bike-sharing-demand