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

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Wrong. We don't calculate information gain we calculate similarity score instead to get the best spl...read more
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