xgb_create_dmatrix: train_xgboost

In gm209/gmtools: A collection of generic ML functions for Insurance Risk Modelling

Description

A wrapper function that automates the xgboost training process

Usage

xgb_create_dmatrix(data, x, y = NULL, w = NULL, base_margin = NULL)

Arguments

data	A data.frame (or coercible object) that contains the training data
x	A list of column names that identify the explanatory features
y	A column name that identifies that target variable
w	A column name that contains the name of the weight column. Defaults to NULL
w	A column name that contains the name of the offset column. Defaults to NULL

gm209/gmtools documentation built on May 22, 2019, 2:39 p.m.