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* docs: move files into general

* docs: initial commit for Read the Docs

http://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html

just running `sphinx-quickstart`

* docs: update conf.py

* docs: add requirements.txt

* docs: add README.md

* fix tests

* docs: put original docs back

* Add key events file

* Fix ordering of events

* Remove unbalanced multiclass from key events

* Add GPU Windows document link

* Add GPU targeting and SDK correspondence table

* Add targeting link

* Request default targeting for debugging

minor fix

* Documentation for GPU installation in R/Windows

* Fix outdated information.

* Fix links not being pictures

* Specify compute version

* Add multithreaded install and antivirus warning

* Add github_repos tag for folder

* Add debugging info and remove hack

* Remove talk about CLI/Python hack from R

* Add more details about R package

* Add forgotten debug instructions

* MinGW installation example

* RMSE (L2) -> MSE (true L2)

* Remove sqrt unneeded reference

* Square L2 test (RMSE to MSE)

* No square root on test

* Attempt to add RMSE

* python-package: add graphviz.Digraph parameters

* examples: add a plottig example with graphviz

* fix tree index in print

* add dummy gpu solver code

* initial GPU code

* fix crash bug

* first working version

* use asynchronous copy

* use a better kernel for root

* parallel read histogram

* sparse features now works, but no acceleration, compute on CPU

* compute sparse feature on CPU simultaneously

* fix big bug; add gpu selection; add kernel selection

* better debugging

* clean up

* add feature scatter

* Add sparse_threshold control

* fix a bug in feature scatter

* clean up debug

* temporarily add OpenCL kernels for k=64,256

* fix up CMakeList and definition USE_GPU

* add OpenCL kernels as string literals

* Add boost.compute as a submodule

* add boost dependency into CMakeList

* fix opencl pragma

* use pinned memory for histogram

* use pinned buffer for gradients and hessians

* better debugging message

* add double precision support on GPU

* fix boost version in CMakeList

* Add a README

* reconstruct GPU initialization code for ResetTrainingData

* move data to GPU in parallel

* fix a bug during feature copy

* update gpu kernels

* update gpu code

* initial port to LightGBM v2

* speedup GPU data loading process

* Add 4-bit bin support to GPU

* re-add sparse_threshold parameter

* remove kMaxNumWorkgroups and allows an unlimited number of features

* add feature mask support for skipping unused features

* enable kernel cache

* use GPU kernels withoug feature masks when all features are used

* REAdme.

* REAdme.

* update README

* fix typos (#349)

* change compile to gcc on Apple as default

* clean vscode related file

* refine api of constructing from sampling data.

* fix bug in the last commit.

* more efficient algorithm to sample k from n.

* fix bug in filter bin

* change to boost from average output.

* fix tests.

* only stop training when all classes are finshed in multi-class.

* limit the max tree output. change hessian in multi-class objective.

* robust tree model loading.

* fix test.

* convert the probabilities to raw score in boost_from_average of classification.

* fix the average label for binary classification.

* Add boost_from_average to docs (#354)

* don't use "ConvertToRawScore" for self-defined objective function.

* boost_from_average seems doesn't work well in binary classification. remove it.

* For a better jump link (#355)

* Update Python-API.md

* for a better jump in page

A space is needed between `#` and the headers content according to Github's markdown format [guideline](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/)

After adding the spaces, we can jump to the exact position in page by click the link.

* fixed something mentioned by @wxchan

* Update Python-API.md

* add FitByExistingTree.

* adapt GPU tree learner for FitByExistingTree

* avoid NaN output.

* update boost.compute

* fix typos (#361)

* fix broken links (#359)

* update README

* disable GPU acceleration by default

* fix image url

* cleanup debug macro

* remove old README

* do not save sparse_threshold_ in FeatureGroup

* add details for new GPU settings

* ignore submodule when doing pep8 check

* allocate workspace for at least one thread during builing Feature4

* move sparse_threshold to class Dataset

* remove duplicated code in GPUTreeLearner::Split

* Remove duplicated code in FindBestThresholds and BeforeFindBestSplit

* do not rebuild ordered gradients and hessians for sparse features

* support feature groups in GPUTreeLearner

* Initial parallel learners with GPU support

* add option device, cleanup code

* clean up FindBestThresholds; add some omp parallel

* constant hessian optimization for GPU

* Fix GPUTreeLearner crash when there is zero feature

* use np.testing.assert_almost_equal() to compare lists of floats in tests

* travis for GPU

* add tutorial and more GPU docs

* python-package: refine plot_tree

This change splits plot_tree to two methods:
1. method of creating digraph of tree
2. method of plotting the digraph with matplotlib

* fix doc

* fix doc

* many refactors.

* remove multi_loglossova.

* fix tests.

* avoid using lambda function.

* fix some format.

* reduce branching.

* Update Python-API.md

* for a better jump in page

A space is needed between `#` and the headers content according to Github's markdown format [guideline](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/)

After adding the spaces, we can jump to the exact position in page by click the link.

* fixed something mentioned by @wxchan

* Update Python-API.md

* add data_splitter for cv

* update gitignore

* clean code

* refine plot

* use warnings

* refine  logic

* revert 'move to compat.py'

* Support Poisson regression

Close #233

* update docs

* add plot metrics

* move 'raise Exception' to check_not_tuple_of_2_elements

* rename 'plot_metrics' to 'plot_metric'

* fix misleading message/docs

* change 'Metrics' in title to 'Metric'

* fix misleading comment

* add plot tree

* add docs

* add example

* add test

* fix test

* fix decision type

* add show_info

* use feature name if available

* add plot importance

* add plot example