Build gradient boosted classification or regression trees

Source: R/gbm.R

Builds gradient boosted classification trees and gradient boosted regression trees on a parsed data set. The default distribution function will guess the model type based on the response column type. In order to run properly, the response column must be an numeric for "gaussian" or an enum for "bernoulli" or "multinomial".

h2o.gbm(x, y, training_frame, model_id = NULL, validation_frame = NULL,
  nfolds = 0, keep_cross_validation_models = TRUE,
  keep_cross_validation_predictions = FALSE,
  keep_cross_validation_fold_assignment = FALSE,
  score_each_iteration = FALSE, score_tree_interval = 0,
  fold_assignment = c("AUTO", "Random", "Modulo", "Stratified"),
  fold_column = NULL, ignore_const_cols = TRUE, offset_column = NULL,
  weights_column = NULL, balance_classes = FALSE,
  class_sampling_factors = NULL, max_after_balance_size = 5,
  max_hit_ratio_k = 0, ntrees = 50, max_depth = 5, min_rows = 10,
  nbins = 20, nbins_top_level = 1024, nbins_cats = 1024,
  r2_stopping = Inf, stopping_rounds = 0, stopping_metric = c("AUTO",
  "deviance", "logloss", "MSE", "RMSE", "MAE", "RMSLE", "AUC",
  "lift_top_group", "misclassification", "mean_per_class_error", "custom",
  "custom_increasing"), stopping_tolerance = 0.001,
  max_runtime_secs = 0, seed = -1, build_tree_one_node = FALSE,
  learn_rate = 0.1, learn_rate_annealing = 1,
  distribution = c("AUTO", "bernoulli", "quasibinomial", "multinomial",
  "gaussian", "poisson", "gamma", "tweedie", "laplace", "quantile",
  "huber"), quantile_alpha = 0.5, tweedie_power = 1.5,
  huber_alpha = 0.9, checkpoint = NULL, sample_rate = 1,
  sample_rate_per_class = NULL, col_sample_rate = 1,
  col_sample_rate_change_per_level = 1, col_sample_rate_per_tree = 1,
  min_split_improvement = 1e-05, histogram_type = c("AUTO",
  "UniformAdaptive", "Random", "QuantilesGlobal", "RoundRobin"),
  max_abs_leafnode_pred = Inf, pred_noise_bandwidth = 0,
  categorical_encoding = c("AUTO", "Enum", "OneHotInternal",
  "OneHotExplicit", "Binary", "Eigen", "LabelEncoder", "SortByResponse",
  "EnumLimited"), calibrate_model = FALSE, calibration_frame = NULL,
  custom_metric_func = NULL, export_checkpoints_dir = NULL,
  monotone_constraints = NULL, check_constant_response = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

x

(Optional) A vector containing the names or indices of the predictor variables to use in building the model. If x is missing, then all columns except y are used.
y

The name or column index of the response variable in the data. The response must be either a numeric or a categorical/factor variable. If the response is numeric, then a regression model will be trained, otherwise it will train a classification model.
training_frame

Id of the training data frame.
model_id

Destination id for this model; auto-generated if not specified.
validation_frame

Id of the validation data frame.
nfolds

Number of folds for K-fold cross-validation (0 to disable or >= 2). Defaults to 0.
keep_cross_validation_models

Logical. Whether to keep the cross-validation models. Defaults to TRUE.
keep_cross_validation_predictions

Logical. Whether to keep the predictions of the cross-validation models. Defaults to FALSE.
keep_cross_validation_fold_assignment

Logical. Whether to keep the cross-validation fold assignment. Defaults to FALSE.
score_each_iteration

Logical. Whether to score during each iteration of model training. Defaults to FALSE.
score_tree_interval

Score the model after every so many trees. Disabled if set to 0. Defaults to 0.
fold_assignment

Cross-validation fold assignment scheme, if fold_column is not specified. The 'Stratified' option will stratify the folds based on the response variable, for classification problems. Must be one of: "AUTO", "Random", "Modulo", "Stratified". Defaults to AUTO.
fold_column

Column with cross-validation fold index assignment per observation.
ignore_const_cols

Logical. Ignore constant columns. Defaults to TRUE.
offset_column

Offset column. This will be added to the combination of columns before applying the link function.
weights_column

Column with observation weights. Giving some observation a weight of zero is equivalent to excluding it from the dataset; giving an observation a relative weight of 2 is equivalent to repeating that row twice. Negative weights are not allowed. Note: Weights are per-row observation weights and do not increase the size of the data frame. This is typically the number of times a row is repeated, but non-integer values are supported as well. During training, rows with higher weights matter more, due to the larger loss function pre-factor.
balance_classes

Logical. Balance training data class counts via over/under-sampling (for imbalanced data). Defaults to FALSE.
class_sampling_factors

Desired over/under-sampling ratios per class (in lexicographic order). If not specified, sampling factors will be automatically computed to obtain class balance during training. Requires balance_classes.
max_after_balance_size

Maximum relative size of the training data after balancing class counts (can be less than 1.0). Requires balance_classes. Defaults to 5.0.
max_hit_ratio_k

Max. number (top K) of predictions to use for hit ratio computation (for multi-class only, 0 to disable) Defaults to 0.
ntrees

Number of trees. Defaults to 50.
max_depth

Maximum tree depth. Defaults to 5.
min_rows

Fewest allowed (weighted) observations in a leaf. Defaults to 10.
nbins

For numerical columns (real/int), build a histogram of (at least) this many bins, then split at the best point Defaults to 20.
nbins_top_level

For numerical columns (real/int), build a histogram of (at most) this many bins at the root level, then decrease by factor of two per level Defaults to 1024.
nbins_cats

For categorical columns (factors), build a histogram of this many bins, then split at the best point. Higher values can lead to more overfitting. Defaults to 1024.
r2_stopping

r2_stopping is no longer supported and will be ignored if set - please use stopping_rounds, stopping_metric and stopping_tolerance instead. Previous version of H2O would stop making trees when the R^2 metric equals or exceeds this Defaults to 1.797693135e+308.
stopping_rounds

Early stopping based on convergence of stopping_metric. Stop if simple moving average of length k of the stopping_metric does not improve for k:=stopping_rounds scoring events (0 to disable) Defaults to 0.
stopping_metric

Metric to use for early stopping (AUTO: logloss for classification, deviance for regression). Note that custom and custom_increasing can only be used in GBM and DRF with the Python client. Must be one of: "AUTO", "deviance", "logloss", "MSE", "RMSE", "MAE", "RMSLE", "AUC", "lift_top_group", "misclassification", "mean_per_class_error", "custom", "custom_increasing". Defaults to AUTO.
stopping_tolerance

Relative tolerance for metric-based stopping criterion (stop if relative improvement is not at least this much) Defaults to 0.001.
max_runtime_secs

Maximum allowed runtime in seconds for model training. Use 0 to disable. Defaults to 0.
seed

Seed for random numbers (affects certain parts of the algo that are stochastic and those might or might not be enabled by default) Defaults to -1 (time-based random number).
build_tree_one_node

Logical. Run on one node only; no network overhead but fewer cpus used. Suitable for small datasets. Defaults to FALSE.
learn_rate

Learning rate (from 0.0 to 1.0) Defaults to 0.1.
learn_rate_annealing

Scale the learning rate by this factor after each tree (e.g., 0.99 or 0.999) Defaults to 1.
distribution

Distribution function Must be one of: "AUTO", "bernoulli", "quasibinomial", "multinomial", "gaussian", "poisson", "gamma", "tweedie", "laplace", "quantile", "huber". Defaults to AUTO.
quantile_alpha

Desired quantile for Quantile regression, must be between 0 and 1. Defaults to 0.5.
tweedie_power

Tweedie power for Tweedie regression, must be between 1 and 2. Defaults to 1.5.
huber_alpha

Desired quantile for Huber/M-regression (threshold between quadratic and linear loss, must be between 0 and 1). Defaults to 0.9.
checkpoint

Model checkpoint to resume training with.
sample_rate

Row sample rate per tree (from 0.0 to 1.0) Defaults to 1.
sample_rate_per_class

A list of row sample rates per class (relative fraction for each class, from 0.0 to 1.0), for each tree
col_sample_rate

Column sample rate (from 0.0 to 1.0) Defaults to 1.
col_sample_rate_change_per_level

Relative change of the column sampling rate for every level (must be > 0.0 and <= 2.0) Defaults to 1.
col_sample_rate_per_tree

Column sample rate per tree (from 0.0 to 1.0) Defaults to 1.
min_split_improvement

Minimum relative improvement in squared error reduction for a split to happen Defaults to 1e-05.
histogram_type

What type of histogram to use for finding optimal split points Must be one of: "AUTO", "UniformAdaptive", "Random", "QuantilesGlobal", "RoundRobin". Defaults to AUTO.
max_abs_leafnode_pred

Maximum absolute value of a leaf node prediction Defaults to 1.797693135e+308.
pred_noise_bandwidth

Bandwidth (sigma) of Gaussian multiplicative noise ~N(1,sigma) for tree node predictions Defaults to 0.
categorical_encoding

Encoding scheme for categorical features Must be one of: "AUTO", "Enum", "OneHotInternal", "OneHotExplicit", "Binary", "Eigen", "LabelEncoder", "SortByResponse", "EnumLimited". Defaults to AUTO.
calibrate_model

Logical. Use Platt Scaling to calculate calibrated class probabilities. Calibration can provide more accurate estimates of class probabilities. Defaults to FALSE.
calibration_frame

Calibration frame for Platt Scaling
custom_metric_func

Reference to custom evaluation function, format: `language:keyName=funcName`
export_checkpoints_dir

Automatically export generated models to this directory.
monotone_constraints

A mapping representing monotonic constraints. Use +1 to enforce an increasing constraint and -1 to specify a decreasing constraint.
check_constant_response

Logical. Check if response column is constant. If enabled, then an exception is thrown if the response column is a constant value.If disabled, then model will train regardless of the response column being a constant value or not. Defaults to TRUE.
verbose

Logical. Print scoring history to the console (Metrics per tree for GBM, DRF, & XGBoost. Metrics per epoch for Deep Learning). Defaults to FALSE.

See also

predict.H2OModel for prediction

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(h2o)
h2o.init()

# Run regression GBM on australia data
australia_path <- system.file("extdata", "australia.csv", package = "h2o")
australia <- h2o.uploadFile(path = australia_path)
independent <- c("premax", "salmax","minairtemp", "maxairtemp", "maxsst",
"maxsoilmoist", "Max_czcs")
dependent <- "runoffnew"
h2o.gbm(y = dependent, x = independent, training_frame = australia,
ntrees = 3, max_depth = 3, min_rows = 2)
# }