catboost_classifier#

CatBoost Classifier, a classifier that uses gradient-boosting on decision trees. CatBoost is an open-source library and natively supports categorical features.

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Classes Summary#

CatBoostClassifier

CatBoost Classifier, a classifier that uses gradient-boosting on decision trees. CatBoost is an open-source library and natively supports categorical features.

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class evalml.pipelines.components.estimators.classifiers.catboost_classifier.CatBoostClassifier(n_estimators=10, eta=0.03, max_depth=6, bootstrap_type=None, silent=True, allow_writing_files=False, random_seed=0, n_jobs=- 1, **kwargs)[source]#

CatBoost Classifier, a classifier that uses gradient-boosting on decision trees. CatBoost is an open-source library and natively supports categorical features.

For more information, check out https://catboost.ai/

Parameters

n_estimators (float) – The maximum number of trees to build. Defaults to 10.
eta (float) – The learning rate. Defaults to 0.03.
max_depth (int) – The maximum tree depth for base learners. Defaults to 6.
bootstrap_type (string) – Defines the method for sampling the weights of objects. Available methods are ‘Bayesian’, ‘Bernoulli’, ‘MVS’. Defaults to None.
silent (boolean) – Whether to use the “silent” logging mode. Defaults to True.
allow_writing_files (boolean) – Whether to allow writing snapshot files while training. Defaults to False.
n_jobs (int or None) – Number of jobs to run in parallel. -1 uses all processes. Defaults to -1.
random_seed (int) – Seed for the random number generator. Defaults to 0.

Attributes

hyperparameter_ranges	{ “n_estimators”: Integer(4, 100), “eta”: Real(0.000001, 1), “max_depth”: Integer(4, 10),}
model_family	ModelFamily.CATBOOST
modifies_features	True
modifies_target	False
name	CatBoost Classifier
supported_problem_types	[ ProblemTypes.BINARY, ProblemTypes.MULTICLASS, ProblemTypes.TIME_SERIES_BINARY, ProblemTypes.TIME_SERIES_MULTICLASS,]
training_only	False

Methods

`clone`	Constructs a new component with the same parameters and random state.
`default_parameters`	Returns the default parameters for this component.
`describe`	Describe a component and its parameters.
`feature_importance`	Feature importance of fitted CatBoost classifier.
`fit`	Fits CatBoost classifier component to data.
`load`	Loads component at file path.
`needs_fitting`	Returns boolean determining if component needs fitting before calling predict, predict_proba, transform, or feature_importances.
`parameters`	Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component.
`predict`	Make predictions using the fitted CatBoost classifier.
`predict_proba`	Make probability estimates for labels.
`save`	Saves component at file path.

clone(self)#

Constructs a new component with the same parameters and random state.

Returns: A new instance of this component with identical parameters and random state.

default_parameters(cls)#

Returns the default parameters for this component.

Our convention is that Component.default_parameters == Component().parameters.

Returns: Default parameters for this component.
Return type: dict

describe(self, print_name=False, return_dict=False)#

Describe a component and its parameters.

Parameters

print_name (bool, optional) – whether to print name of component
return_dict (bool, optional) – whether to return description as dictionary in the format {“name”: name, “parameters”: parameters}

Returns

Returns dictionary if return_dict is True, else None.

Return type

None or dict

property feature_importance(self)#: Feature importance of fitted CatBoost classifier.

fit(self, X, y=None)[source]#

Fits CatBoost classifier component to data.

Parameters

X (pd.DataFrame) – The input training data of shape [n_samples, n_features].
y (pd.Series) – The target training data of length [n_samples].

Returns

self

static load(file_path)#

Loads component at file path.

Parameters: file_path (str) – Location to load file.
Returns: ComponentBase object

needs_fitting(self)#

Returns boolean determining if component needs fitting before calling predict, predict_proba, transform, or feature_importances.

This can be overridden to False for components that do not need to be fit or whose fit methods do nothing.

Returns: True.

property parameters(self)#: Returns the parameters which were used to initialize the component.

predict(self, X)[source]#

Make predictions using the fitted CatBoost classifier.

Parameters: X (pd.DataFrame) – Data of shape [n_samples, n_features].
Returns: Predicted values.
Return type: pd.DataFrame

predict_proba(self, X)#

Make probability estimates for labels.

Parameters: X (pd.DataFrame) – Features.
Returns: Probability estimates.
Return type: pd.Series
Raises: MethodPropertyNotFoundError – If estimator does not have a predict_proba method or a component_obj that implements predict_proba.

save(self, file_path, pickle_protocol=cloudpickle.DEFAULT_PROTOCOL)#

Saves component at file path.

Parameters

file_path (str) – Location to save file.
pickle_protocol (int) – The pickle data stream format.

baseline_classifier

decision_tree_classifier