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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Blunde1

Handle categorical features internally

Open Blunde1 opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

Currently agtboost only supports a purely numerical design-matrix. Consider letting agtboost handle categorical features (factor variable in R) internally.

Benefits

  • Easier interface for users
  • Could in principle support R-formula syntax of type y~x1+x2+...
  • More accurate feature importance possibly?

Downsides

  • More code and added complexity

Blunde1 avatar Oct 12 '21 17:10 Blunde1