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* Fix typo in open result error message.

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* fix lint, add copyright.

* Revert "test: remove ChunkedArrayTest with 0 length."

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* save precise_float_parser in model file.

* Fix error checking in AtofPrecise. Add more test cases.

* Remove test case that can't pass under macOS.

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* Add Eigen library.

* Working for simple test.

* Apply changes to config params.

* Handle nan data.

* Update docs.

* Add test.

* Only load raw data if boosting=gbdt_linear

* Remove unneeded code.

* Minor updates.

* Update to work with sk-learn interface.

* Update to work with chunked datasets.

* Throw error if we try to create a Booster with an already-constructed dataset having incompatible parameters.

* Save raw data in binary dataset file.

* Update docs and fix parameter checking.

* Fix dataset loading.

* Add test for regularization.

* Fix bugs when saving and loading tree.

* Add test for load/save linear model.

* Remove unneeded code.

* Fix case where not enough leaf data for linear model.

* Simplify code.

* Speed up code.

* Speed up code.

* Simplify code.

* Speed up code.

* Fix bugs.

* Working version.

* Store feature data column-wise (not fully working yet).

* Fix bugs.

* Speed up.

* Speed up.

* Remove unneeded code.

* Small speedup.

* Speed up.

* Minor updates.

* Remove unneeded code.

* Fix bug.

* Fix bug.

* Speed up.

* Speed up.

* Simplify code.

* Remove unneeded code.

* Fix bug, add more tests.

* Fix bug and add test.

* Only store numerical features

* Fix bug and speed up using templates.

* Speed up prediction.

* Fix bug with regularisation

* Visual studio files.

* Working version

* Only check nans if necessary

* Store coeff matrix as an array.

* Align cache lines

* Align cache lines

* Preallocation coefficient calculation matrices

* Small speedups

* Small speedup

* Reverse cache alignment changes

* Change to dynamic schedule

* Update docs.

* Refactor so that linear tree learner is not a separate class.

* Add refit capability.

* Speed up

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* Speed up add prediction to score.

* Fix bug

* Fix bug and speed up.

* Speed up dataload.

* Speed up dataload

* Use vectors instead of pointers

* Fix bug

* Add OMP exception handling.

* Change return type of LGBM_BoosterGetLinear to bool

* Change return type of LGBM_BoosterGetLinear back to int, only parameter type needed to change

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* Remove reference to LinearTreeLearner

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* Remove unneeded check

* Reverse temporary testing change

* Fix Visual Studio project files

* Restore LightGBM.vcxproj.filters

* Speed up

* Speed up

* Simplify code

* Update docs

* Simplify code

* Initialise storage space for max num threads

* Move Eigen to include directory and delete unused files

* Remove old files.

* Fix so it compiles with mingw

* Fix gpu tree learner

* Change AddPredictionToScore back to const

* Fix python lint error

* Fix C++ lint errors

* Change eigen to a submodule

* Update comment

* Add the eigen folder

* Try to fix build issues with eigen

* Remove eigen files

* Add eigen as submodule

* Fix include paths

* Exclude eigen files from Python linter

* Ignore eigen folders for pydocstyle

* Fix C++ linting errors

* Fix docs

* Fix docs

* Exclude eigen directories from doxygen

* Update manifest to include eigen

* Update build_r to include eigen files

* Fix compiler warnings

* Store raw feature data as float

* Use float for calculating linear coefficients

* Remove eigen directory from GLOB

* Don't compile linear model code when building R package

* Fix doxygen issue

* Fix lint issue

* Fix lint issue

* Remove uneeded code

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* Restore delected lines

* Change return type of has_raw to bool

* Update docs

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* Make tree_learner parameter const in AddScore

* Fix style issues

* Pass vectors as const reference when setting tree properties

* Make temporary storage of serial_tree_learner mutable so we can make the object's methods const

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* Fix typo

* Make contains_nan_ and any_nan_ properties immutable again

* Remove data_has_nan_ property of tree

* Remove temporary test code

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* Make LinearTreeLearner a separate class

* Fix lint errors

* Fix lint error

* Add linear_tree_learner.o

* Simulate omp_get_max_threads if openmp is not available

* Update PushOneData to also store raw data.

* Cast size to int

* Fix bug in ReshapeRaw

* Speed up code with multithreading

* Use OMP_NUM_THREADS

* Speed up with multithreading

* Update to use ArrayToString

* Fix tests

* Fix test

* Fix bug introduced in merge

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* Update docs

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* Fix python lint indentation problem.

* More python lint issues.

* Big lint cleanup - more to come.

* Another large lint cleanup - more to come.

* Even more lint cleanup.

* Minor cleanup so less differences in code.

* Revert is_use_subset changes

* Another rebase from master to fix recent conflicts.

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* Removed parameters added for CUDA and various bug fix.

* Yet more lint and unneccessary changes.

* Revert another change.

* Removal of unneccessary code.

* temporary appveyor.yml for building and testing

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* Removal of unused variables.

* Code cleanup from reviewers suggestions.

* Removal of FIXME comments and unused defines.

* More reviewers comments cleanup.

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* More reviewers comments cleanup.

* Fix config variables.

* Attempt to fix check-docs failure

* Update Paramster.rst for num_gpu

* Removing test appveyor.yml

* Add ƒCUDA_RESOLVE_DEVICE_SYMBOLS to libraries to fix linking issue.

* Fixed handling of data elements less than 2K.

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* Add cuda change for CI testing and remove cuda from device_type in python.

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* Limit number of GPUs to one for now in CUDA.

* Update Parameters.rst for previous check-in

* Whitespace removal.

* Cleanup unused code.

* Changed uint/ushort/ulong to unsigned int/short/long to help Windows based CUDA compiler work.

* Lint change from previous check-in.

* Changes based on reviewers comments.

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* Fix so that CUDA code will compile even if you enable the SCORE_T_USE_DOUBLE define.

* Reviewer comment cleanup.

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* Remove PRINT debug for CUDA code.

* Allow to use of multiple GPUs for CUDA.

* More multi-GPUs enablement for CUDA.

* More code cleanup based on reviews comments.

* Update docs with latest config changes.
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* Change lambda to function.

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* Fix gpu bug.

* Fix style issues.

* Try to fix segfault on MACOS.

* Fix bug.

* Fix bug.

* Fix bugs.

* Change parameter format for R.

* Fix R style issues.

* Change string formatting code.

* Change docs to say R package not supported.

* Remove R functionality, moving to separate PR.

* Keep track of branch features in tree object.

* Only track branch features when feature interactions are enabled.

* Fix lint error.

* Update docs and simplify tests.

* Path smoothing

* Try to fix issue with gpu version.

* Fix failing CI for R package.

* Minor fixes.

* Minor refactor.

* Restore old code to get CI working.

* Fix style issues.

* Fix ci for R package.

* Minor fixes for docs and code style.

* Update docs.

* Add the monotone penalty parameter to the config.

* Pass tree in the necessary functions so it can be used in ComputeBestSplitForFeature.

* Add monotone penalty.

* Added link to the original report.

* Add tests.

* Fix GPU.

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* Added a shared pointer to the tree so the constraints can use it too.

* Moved check on monotone penalty to config.cpp.

* Python linting.

* Use AssertTrue instead of assert_.

* Fix penalization in test.

* Make GPU deterministic in tests.

* Rename tree to tree_ in monotone constraints.

* Replaced epsilon by kEplison.

* Typo.

* Make tree pointer const.

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* Added alias for the penalty.

* Remove useless comment.

* Save CI time.

* Refactor test_monotone_penalty_max.

* Update include/LightGBM/config.h
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* Fix doc to be in line with previous config change commit.
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* Add util functions.

* Added monotone_constraints_method as a parameter.

* Add the intermediate constraining method.

* Updated tests.

* Minor fixes.

* Typo.

* Linting.

* Ran the parameter generator for the doc.

* Removed usage of the FeatureMonotone function.

* more fixes

* Fix.

* Remove duplicated code.

* Add debug checks.

* Typo.

* Bug fix.

* Disable the use of intermediate monotone constraints and feature sampling at the same time.

* Added an alias for monotone constraining method.

* Use the right variable to get the number of threads.

* Fix DEBUG checks.

* Add back check to determine if histogram is splittable.

* Added forgotten override keywords.

* Perform monotone constraint update only when necessary.

* Small refactor of FastLeafConstraints.

* Post rebase commit.

* Small refactor.

* Typo.

* Added comment and slightly improved logic of monotone constraints.

* Forgot a const.

* Vectors that are to be modified need to be pointers.

* Rename FastLeafConstraints to IntermediateLeafConstraints to match documentation.

* Remove overload of GoUpToFindLeavesToUpdate.

* Stop memory leaking.

* Fix cpplint issues.

* Fix checks.

* Fix more cpplint issues.

* Refactor config monotone constraints method.

* Typos.

* Remove useless empty lines.

* Add new line to separate includes.

* Replace unsigned ind by size_t.

* Reduce number of trials in tests to decrease CI time.

* Specify monotone constraints better in tests.

* Removed outer loop in test of monotone constraints.

* Added categorical features to the monotone constraints tests.

* Add blank line.

* Regenerate parameters automatically.

* Speed up ShouldKeepGoingLeftRight.
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* save all param values into model file

* revert storing predict params

* do not save params for predict and convert tasks

* fixed test: 10 is found successfully for default 100

* specify more params as no-save

* code refactoring

* update vcproject

* refine

* fix test

* Update tests/python_package_test/test_sklearn.py

* fix test

* added possibility to render nested sections in params

* reorganize param sections

* reorder params

* remove related cpp codes

* removed more mentiones of init_score_filename params
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* reset

* fix a bug

* fix test

* Update c_api.h

* support to no filter features by min_data

* add warning in reset config

* refine warnings for override dataset's parameter

* some cleans

* clean code

* clean code

* refine C API function doxygen comments

* refined new param description

* refined doxygen comments for R API function

* removed stuff related to int8

* break long line in warning message

* removed tests which results cannot be validated anymore

* added test for warnings about unchangeable params

* write parameter from dataset to booster

* consider free_raw_data.

* fix params

* fix bug

* implementing R

* fix typo

* filter params in R

* fix R

* not min_data

* refined tests

* fixed linting

* refine

* pilint

* add docstring

* fix docstring

* R lint

* updated description for C API function

* use param aliases in Python

* fixed typo

* fixed typo

* added more params to test

* removed debug print

* fix dataset construct place

* fix merge bug

* Update feature_histogram.hpp

* add is_sparse back

* remove unused parameters

* fix lint

* add data random seed

* update

* [R-package] centrallized Dataset parameter aliases and added tests on Dataset parameter updating (#2767)
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* Add extra-trees functionality.

* Remove unnecessary code.

* Update docs.

* Use template for FindBestThresholdSequence.

* Use separate random seed. Fix bug.

* Change static map/set to functions that return static variables

* Fixed newline

* testing CI

* removed commented-out code fixed formatting

* return const references to parameter_set and alias_table

* fixup whitespace

* Too many requests error when running CI on docs. Triggering a rebuild.

* commit

* fix a bug

* fix bug

* reset to track changes

* refine the auto choose logic

* sort the time stats output

* fix include

* change  multi_val_bin_sparse_threshold

* add cmake

* add _mm_malloc and _mm_free for cross platform

* fix cmake bug

* timer for split

* try to fix cmake

* fix tests

* refactor DataPartition::Split

* fix test

* typo

* formating

* Revert "formating"

This reverts commit 5b8de4f7fb9d975ee23701d276a66d40ee6d4222.

* add document

* [R-package] Added tests on use of force_col_wise and force_row_wise in training (#2719)

* naming

* fix gpu code

* Update include/LightGBM/bin.h
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* Update src/treelearner/ocl/histogram16.cl

* test: swap compilers for CI

* fix omp

* not avx2

* no aligned for feature histogram

* Revert "refactor DataPartition::Split"

This reverts commit 256e6d9641ade966a1f54da1752e998a1149b6f8.

* slightly refactor data partition

* reduce the memory cost
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* Implementation of XE_NDCG loss function for ranking.

* Add citation

* Check in example usage for xe_ndcg loss.

* Seed the generator when a seed is provided in the config. Add unit-tests for xe_ndcg

* Update documentation

* Fix indentation

* Address issues raised by reviewers.

* Clean up include statements.

* Fix issues raised by reviewers.

* Regenerate parameters.rst

* Add a note to explain that reproducing xe_ndcg results requires num_threads to be one.

* Introduce objective_seed and use that in rank_xendcg instead of directly using seed

* Change default value of objective_seed

* implement

* better documentation

* Update include/LightGBM/config.h
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* Apply suggestions from code review
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* fix document

* regenerate docs
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* Fix bug where small values of max_bin cause crash.

* Revert "Fix bug where small values of max_bin cause crash."

This reverts commit fe5c8e2547057c1fa5750bcddd359dd7708fab4b.

* Add auc-mu multiclass metric.

* Fix bug where scores are equal.

* Merge.

* Change name to auc_mu everywhere (instead of auc-mu).

* Fix comparison between signed and unsigned int.

* Change name to AUC-mu in docs and output messages.

* Improve test.

* Use prefix increment.

* Update R package.

* Fix style issues.

* Tidy up test code.

* Read all lines first then process.

* Allow passing AUC-mu weights directly as a list in parameters.

* Remove unused code, improve example and docs.

* Fix bug where small values of max_bin cause crash.

* Revert "Fix bug where small values of max_bin cause crash."

This reverts commit fe5c8e2547057c1fa5750bcddd359dd7708fab4b.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Change binning behavior to be same as PR #2342.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Change binning behavior to be same as PR #2342.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Change binning behavior to be same as PR #2342.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Add functionality to force bin thresholds.

* Fix style issues.

* Use stable sort.

* Minor style and doc fixes.

* Change binning behavior to be same as PR #2342.

* Use different bin finding function for predefined bounds.

* Fix style issues.

* Minor refactoring, overload FindBinWithZeroAsOneBin.

* Fix style issues.

* Fix bug and add new test.

* Add warning when using categorical features with forced bins.

* Pass forced_upper_bounds by reference.

* Pass container types by const reference.

* Get categorical features using FeatureBinMapper.

* Fix bug for small max_bin.

* Move GetForcedBins to DatasetLoader.

* Find forced bins in dataset_loader.

* Minor fixes.