Gradient boosting algorithms are powerful tools for prediction tasks, and CatBoost has gained popularity for its efficient handling of categorical data. This is especially valuable for the Ames Housing dataset, which contains numerous categorical features such as neighborhood, house style, and sale condition. CatBoost excels with categorical features through its innovative “ordered target statistics” approach. […]
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