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XGBoost Documentation
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This is document of xgboost library.
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XGBoost is short for eXtreme gradient boosting. This is a library that is designed, and optimized for boosted (tree) algorithms.
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The goal of this library is to push the extreme of the computation limits of machines to provide a ***scalable***, ***portable*** and ***accurate***
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for large scale tree boosting.
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This document is hosted at http://xgboost.readthedocs.org/. You can also browse most of the documents in github directly.
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How to Get Started
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The best way to get started to learn xgboost is by the examples. There are three types of examples you can find in xgboost.
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* [Tutorials](#tutorials) are self-conatained tutorials on a complete data science tasks.
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* [XGBoost Code Examples](../demo/) are collections of code and benchmarks of xgboost.
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- There is a walkthrough section in this to walk you through specific API features.
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* [Highlight Solutions](#highlight-solutions) are presentations using xgboost to solve real world problems.
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- These examples are usually more advanced. You can usually find state-of-art solutions to many problems and challenges in here.
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After you gets familiar with the interface, checkout the following additional resources
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* [Frequently Asked Questions](faq.md)
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* [Learning what is in Behind: Introduction to Boosted Trees](model.md)
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* [User Guide](#user-guide) contains comprehensive list of documents of xgboost.
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* [Developer Guide](dev-guide/contribute.md)
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Tutorials
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Tutorials are self contained materials that teaches you how to achieve a complete data science task with xgboost, these
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are great resources to learn xgboost by real examples. If you think you have something that belongs to here, send a pull request.
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* [Binary classification using XGBoost Command Line](../demo/binary_classification/) (CLI)
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- This tutorial introduces the basic usage of CLI version of xgboost
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* [Introduction of XGBoost in Python](python/python_intro.md) (python)
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- This tutorial introduces the python package of xgboost
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* [Introduction to XGBoost in R](../R-package/vignettes/xgboostPresentation.Rmd) (R package)
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- This is a general presentation about xgboost in R.
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* [Discover your data with XGBoost in R](../R-package/vignettes/discoverYourData.Rmd) (R package)
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- This tutorial explaining feature analysis in xgboost.
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* [Understanding XGBoost Model on Otto Dataset](../demo/kaggle-otto/understandingXGBoostModel.Rmd) (R package)
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- This tutorial teaches you how to use xgboost to compete kaggle otto challenge.
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Highlight Solutions
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This section is about blogposts, presentation and videos discussing how to use xgboost to solve your interesting problem. If you think something belongs to here, send a pull request.
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* [Kaggle CrowdFlower winner's solution by Chenglong Chen](https://github.com/ChenglongChen/Kaggle_CrowdFlower)
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* [Kaggle Malware Prediction winner's solution](https://github.com/xiaozhouwang/kaggle_Microsoft_Malware)
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* [Kaggle Tradeshift winning solution by daxiongshu](https://github.com/daxiongshu/kaggle-tradeshift-winning-solution)
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* [Feature Importance Analysis with XGBoost in Tax audit](http://fr.slideshare.net/MichaelBENESTY/feature-importance-analysis-with-xgboost-in-tax-audit)
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* Video tutorial: [Better Optimization with Repeated Cross Validation and the XGBoost model](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7CGAfSr_Y)
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* [Winning solution of Kaggle Higgs competition: what a single model can do](http://no2147483647.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/winning-solution-of-kaggle-higgs-competition-what-a-single-model-can-do/)
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User Guide
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----------
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* [Frequently Asked Questions](faq.md)
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* [Introduction to Boosted Trees](model.md)
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* [Using XGBoost in Python](python/python_intro.md)
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* [Using XGBoost in R](../R-package/vignettes/xgboostPresentation.Rmd)
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* [Learning to use XGBoost by Example](../demo)
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* [External Memory Version](external_memory.md)
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* [Text input format](input_format.md)
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* [Build Instruction](build.md)
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* [Parameters](parameter.md)
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* [Notes on Parameter Tunning](param_tuning.md)
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Developer Guide
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* [Developer Guide](dev-guide/contribute.md)
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API Reference
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* [Python API Reference](python/python_api.rst)
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