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xgb.max_fallout: xgboost evaluation metric for minimum Fall-Out (False Positive Rate)

Description

This function allows xgboost to use a custom thresholding method to minimize the Fall-Out (False Positive Rate). You can use this function via eval_metric. It leaks memory over time, but it can be reclaimed using gc().

Usage

xgb.max_fallout(pred, dtrain)

Arguments

pred
Type: numeric. The predictions.
dtrain
Type: xgb.DMatrix. The training data.

Value

The minimum Fall-Out (False Positive Rate) for binary data.