Choosing and Checking a Model

Choose a setting without peeking

A journey through searching for a setting with Botie.

Choosing and Checking a Model · A journey with Botie

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Who Chooses the Settings the Model Does Not Learn?

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A training procedure may learn coefficients while leaving us to choose the penalty strength or maximum tree depth. Different choices can produce different models from the same observations. We need a repeatable way to compare them.

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