* Use sparse page as singular CSR matrix representation
* Simplify dmatrix methods
* Reduce statefullness of batch iterators
* BREAKING CHANGE: Remove prob_buffer_row parameter. Users are instead recommended to sample their dataset as a preprocessing step before using XGBoost.
* GPU binning and compression.
- binning and index compression are done inside the DeviceShard constructor
- in case of a DMatrix with multiple row batches, it is first converted into a single row batch
* Replaced std::vector-based interfaces with HostDeviceVector-based interfaces.
- replacement was performed in the learner, boosters, predictors,
updaters, and objective functions
- only interfaces used in training were replaced;
interfaces like PredictInstance() still use std::vector
- refactoring necessary for replacement of interfaces was also performed,
such as using HostDeviceVector in prediction cache
* HostDeviceVector-based interfaces for custom objective function example plugin.
* Integrating a faster version of grow_gpu plugin
1. Removed the older files to reduce duplication
2. Moved all of the grow_gpu files under 'exact' folder
3. All of them are inside 'exact' namespace to avoid any conflicts
4. Fixed a bug in benchmark.py while running only 'grow_gpu' plugin
5. Added cub and googletest submodules to ease integration and unit-testing
6. Updates to CMakeLists.txt to directly build cuda objects into libxgboost
* Added support for building gpu plugins through make flow
1. updated makefile and config.mk to add right targets
2. added unit-tests for gpu exact plugin code
* 1. Added support for building gpu plugin using 'make' flow as well
2. Updated instructions for building and testing gpu plugin
* Fix travis-ci errors for PR#2360
1. lint errors on unit-tests
2. removed googletest, instead depended upon dmlc-core provide gtest cache
* Some more fixes to travis-ci lint failures PR#2360
* Added Rory's copyrights to the files containing code from both.
* updated copyright statement as per Rory's request
* moved the static datasets into a script to generate them at runtime
* 1. memory usage print when silent=0
2. tests/ and test/ folder organization
3. removal of the dependency of googletest for just building xgboost
4. coding style updates for .cuh as well
* Fixes for compilation warnings
* add cuda object files as well when JVM_BINDINGS=ON
