Linear and Logistic Regression

Parameters

All the parameters can be set by param=value

Important Parameters

  • objective [default = logistic]
    • can be linear or logistic
  • base_score [default = 0.5]
    • global bias, recommended set to mean value of label
  • reg_L1 [default = 0]
    • l1 regularization co-efficient
  • reg_L2 [default = 1]
    • l2 regularization co-efficient
  • lbfgs_stop_tol [default = 1e-5]
    • relative tolerance level of loss reduction with respect to initial loss
  • max_lbfgs_iter [default = 500]
    • maximum number of lbfgs iterations
  • min_lbfgs_iter [default = 5]
    • minimum number of lbfgs iterations
  • max_linesearch_iter [default = 100]
    • maximum number of iterations in linesearch
  • linesearch_c1 [default = 1e-4]
    • c1 co-efficient in backoff linesearch
  • linesarch_backoff [default = 0.5]
    • backoff ratio in linesearch