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* Add support to optimize for NDCG at a given truncation level

In order to correctly optimize for NDCG@_k_, one should exclude pairs containing both documents beyond the top-_k_ (as they don't affect NDCG@_k_ when swapped).

* Update rank_objective.hpp

* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Guolin Ke <guolin.ke@outlook.com>

* Update rank_objective.hpp

remove the additional branching: get high_rank and low_rank by one "if".

* Update config.h

add description to lambdarank_truncation_level parameter

* Update Parameters.rst

* Update test_sklearn.py

update expected NDCG value for a test, as it was affected by the underlying change in the algorithm

* Update test_sklearn.py

update NDCG@3 reference value

* fix R learning-to-rank tests

* Update rank_objective.hpp

* Update include/LightGBM/config.h
Co-authored-by: Guolin Ke <guolin.ke@outlook.com>

* Update Parameters.rst
Co-authored-by: Guolin Ke <guolin.ke@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: James Lamb <jaylamb20@gmail.com>