Examples
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You can learn how to use LightGBM by these examples.

Comments in configuration files might be outdated. Actual information about parameters always can be found [here](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/docs/Parameters.rst).

Machine Learning Challenge Winning Solutions
============================================

**LightGBM is used in many winning solutions, but this table is updated very infrequently.**

| Place         | Competition   | Solution  | Date |
|---------|:------------- | --------- | -----|
| 3rd     | [Water Supply Forecast Rodeo: Forecast Stage](https://drivendata.co/blog/water-supply-forecast-and-final-winners) | [link](https://github.com/drivendataorg/water-supply-forecast-rodeo/blob/main/overall/3rd%20place/) | 2024.3 |
| 1st     | [American Express - Default Prediction](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/group/competition-nasa-airport-pushback/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/amex-default-prediction/writeups/lucky-shake-1st-solution-update-github-code) | 2022.8 |
| 2nd     | [American Express - Default Prediction](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/group/competition-nasa-airport-pushback/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/amex-default-prediction/writeups/bydefault-junehomes-2nd-place-solution-team-juneho) | 2022.8 |
| 3rd     | [American Express - Default Prediction](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/group/competition-nasa-airport-pushback/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/amex-default-prediction/writeups/aibank-3rd-solution-simple-is-the-best) | 2022.8 |
| 1st     | [Ubiquant Market Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ubiquant-market-prediction/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ubiquant-market-prediction/writeups/k-i-y-1st-place-solution-our-betting-strategy) | 2022.7 |
| 2nd     | [Ubiquant Market Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ubiquant-market-prediction/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ubiquant-market-prediction/writeups/davide-stenner-2nd-place-solution-robust-cv-and-lg) | 2022.7 |
| 2nd     | [G-Research Crypto Forecasting](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/g-research-crypto-forecasting/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/g-research-crypto-forecasting/writeups/nathaniel-maddux-2nd-place-solution) | 2022.5 |
| 3rd     | [G-Research Crypto Forecasting](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/g-research-crypto-forecasting/) |  [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/g-research-crypto-forecasting/writeups/gaba-3rd-place-solution) | 2022.5 |
| 1st     | [NASA Airathon: Predict Air Quality (Particulate Track)](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/88/competition-air-quality-pm/) |  [link](https://github.com/drivendataorg/nasa-airathon/tree/main/pm25/1st%20Place) | 2022.3 |
| 2nd     | [NASA Airathon: Predict Air Quality (Particulate Track)](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/88/competition-air-quality-pm/) |  [link](https://github.com/drivendataorg/nasa-airathon/tree/main/pm25/2nd%20Place) | 2022.3 |
| 1st     | [M5 Forecasting - Uncertainty](https://www.kaggle.com/c/m5-forecasting-uncertainty) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/c/m5-forecasting-uncertainty/discussion/163368) | 2020.7 |
| 3rd     | [M5 Forecasting - Uncertainty](https://www.kaggle.com/c/m5-forecasting-uncertainty) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/m5-forecasting-uncertainty/writeups/ouranos-3rd-place-solution) | 2020.7 |
| 3rd     | [ALASKA2 Image Steganalysis](https://www.kaggle.com/c/alaska2-image-steganalysis) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/alaska2-image-steganalysis/writeups/kaizaburochubachi-3rd-place-solution) | 2020.7 |
| 1st     | [M5 Forecasting - Accuracy](https://www.kaggle.com/c/m5-forecasting-accuracy) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/m5-forecasting-accuracy/writeups/yeonjun-in-stu-1st-place-solution) | 2020.6 |
| 2nd     | [COVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 5)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5/writeups/kaz-some-ml-a-lot-of-judgement-and-luck) | 2020.5 |
| 3rd     | [COVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 5)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5/discussion/143029) | 2020.5 |
| 1st     | [COVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 4)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-4) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5/discussion/154804) | 2020.5 |
| 2nd     | [COVID19 Global Forecasting (Week 4)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-4) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/c/covid19-global-forecasting-week-5/discussion/144081) | 2020.5 |
| 2nd     | [2019 Data Science Bowl](https://www.kaggle.com/c/data-science-bowl-2019) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/data-science-bowl-2019/writeups/fuson-2nd-place-solution) | 2020.1 |
| 3rd     | [RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection](https://www.kaggle.com/c/rsna-intracranial-hemorrhage-detection) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-hemorrhage-detection/writeups/takuoko-3rd-place-solution-become-gm-updated-with-) | 2019.11 |
| 1st     | [IEEE-CIS Fraud Detection](https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ieee-fraud-detection/writeups/fraudsquad-1st-place-solution-part-2) | 2019.10 |
| 2nd     | [IEEE-CIS Fraud Detection](https://www.kaggle.com/c/ieee-fraud-detection) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ieee-fraud-detection/writeups/2-uncles-and-3-puppies-2nd-solution-cpmp-view) | 2019.10 |
| 2nd     | [Kuzushiji Recognition](https://www.kaggle.com/c/kuzushiji-recognition) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/c/kuzushiji-recognition/discussion/112712) | 2019.10 |
| 1st     | [Los Alamos National Laboratory Earthquake Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction/writeups/the-zoo-1st-place-solution) | 2019.6 |
| 3rd     | [Los Alamos National Laboratory Earthquake Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction/writeups/character-ranking-3rd-place-memo) | 2019.6 |
| 1st     | [Santander Customer Transaction Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-customer-transaction-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/santander-customer-transaction-prediction/writeups/wizardry-1-solution) | 2019.4 |
| 2nd     | [Santander Customer Transaction Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-customer-transaction-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/santander-customer-transaction-prediction/writeups/2nd-place-solution) | 2019.4 |
| 3rd     | [Santander Customer Transaction Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-customer-transaction-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/santander-customer-transaction-prediction/writeups/rock-physics-science-3rd-place-solution-summary-an) | 2019.4 |
| 1st     | [PetFinder.my Adoption Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/petfinder-adoption-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/petfinder-adoption-prediction/writeups/kaggler-ja-wodori-1st-place-solution-summary) | 2019.4 |
| 1st     | [Google Analytics Customer Revenue Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/ga-customer-revenue-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/writeups/ml-keksika-winning-solution-link-to-kernel-inside) | 2019.3  |
| 1st     | [VSB Power Line Fault Detection](https://www.kaggle.com/c/vsb-power-line-fault-detection) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/vsb-power-line-fault-detection/writeups/mark4h-overview-of-1st-place-solution) | 2019.3 |
| 5th     | [Elo Merchant Category Recommendation](https://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/writeups/evgeny-patekha-5-solution) | 2019.2 |
| 2nd     | [PLAsTiCC Astronomical Classification](https://www.kaggle.com/c/PLAsTiCC-2018) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/PLAsTiCC-2018/writeups/mike-silogram-2nd-place-solution-notes) | 2018.12 |
| 1st     | [Google Research Doodle Recognition Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/quickdraw-doodle-recognition) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/quickdraw-doodle-recognition/writeups/ods-ai-pablos-1st-place-solution) | 2018.12 |
| 1st     | [Home Credit Group Home Credit Default Risk](https://www.kaggle.com/c/home-credit-default-risk) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/home-credit-default-risk/writeups/home-aloan-1st-place-solution) | 2018.8 |
| 2nd     | [Home Credit Group Home Credit Default Risk](https://www.kaggle.com/c/home-credit-default-risk) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/home-credit-default-risk/writeups/ikiri-ds-2nd-place-solution-team-ikiri-ds) | 2018.8 |
| 3rd     | [Home Credit Group Home Credit Default Risk](https://www.kaggle.com/c/home-credit-default-risk) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/home-credit-default-risk/writeups/alijs-evgeny-3rd-place-solution) | 2018.8 |
| 2nd     | [Google AI Open Images - Visual Relationship Track](https://www.kaggle.com/c/google-ai-open-images-visual-relationship-track) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/google-ai-open-images-visual-relationship-track/writeups/tito-brief-summary-of-2nd-place) | 2018.8 |
| 2nd     | [Santander Value Prediction Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/santander-value-prediction-challenge) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/santander-value-prediction-challenge/writeups/adilism-2nd-place-solution-overview) | 2018.8 |
| 1st     | [Avito Demand Prediction Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-demand-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/avito-demand-prediction/writeups/dance-with-ensemble-dance-with-ensemble-sharing-th) | 2018.6 |
| 2nd     | [Avito Demand Prediction Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-demand-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/avito-demand-prediction/writeups/song-and-dance-ensemble-second-place-solution) | 2018.6 |
| 3rd     | [Avito Demand Prediction Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/avito-demand-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/avito-demand-prediction/writeups/superanova-3-place-solution) | 2018.6 |
| 1st     | [TalkingData AdTracking Fraud Detection Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/talkingdata-adtracking-fraud-detection) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/talkingdata-adtracking-fraud-detection/writeups/flowlight-komaki-shuffle-1st-place-solution)| 2018.5 |
| 1st     | [DonorsChoose.org Application Screening](https://www.kaggle.com/c/donorschoose-application-screening)| [link](https://www.kaggle.com/shadowwarrior/1st-place-solution/notebook) | 2018.4 |
| 1st     | [Toxic Comment Classification Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/jigsaw-toxic-comment-classification-challenge)| [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/jigsaw-toxic-comment-classification-challenge/writeups/toxic-crusaders-1st-place-solution-overview) | 2018.3 |
| 1st     | [Mercari Price Suggestion Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/mercari-price-suggestion-challenge) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/mercari-price-suggestion-challenge/writeups/pawe-and-konstantin-1st-place-solution) | 2018.2 |
| 1st     | [IEEE's Signal Processing Society, Camera Model Identification](https://www.kaggle.com/c/sp-society-camera-model-identification)| [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/sp-society-camera-model-identification/writeups/ods-ai-stamp-1st-place-solution) | 2018.2 |
| 1st     | [Recruit Restaurant Visitor Forecasting](https://www.kaggle.com/c/recruit-restaurant-visitor-forecasting) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/recruit-restaurant-visitor-forecasting/writeups/pppp-solution-public-0-471-private-0-505) | 2018.2|
| 1st     | [WSDM CUP 2018 - KKBox's Music Recommendation Challenge](https://www.kaggle.com/c/kkbox-music-recommendation-challenge) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/kkbox-music-recommendation-challenge/writeups/bing-bai-a-brief-introduction-to-the-1st-place-sol) | 2017.12 |
| 1st     | [Porto Seguro’s Safe Driver Prediction](https://www.kaggle.com/c/porto-seguro-safe-driver-prediction) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/porto-seguro-safe-driver-prediction/writeups/michael-jahrer-1st-place-with-representation-learn) |2017.11 |
| 1st     | [Quora Question Pairs](https://www.kaggle.com/c/quora-question-pairs) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/quora-question-pairs/writeups/dl-guys-1st-place-solution) | 2017.6 |
| 1st     | [Two Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquiries](https://www.kaggle.com/c/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries/writeups/plantsgo-my-best-single-model-and-solution) | 2017.4 |
| 1st     | [CIKM2017 AnalytiCup - Lazada Product Title Quality Challenge](https://cikm2017.org/CIKM_AnalytiCup_task3.html) | [link](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.01000) | 2017.9 |
| 2nd     | [Two Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquiries](https://www.kaggle.com/c/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries/writeups/faron-2nd-place-solution) | 2017.4 |
| 3rd     | [Two Sigma Connect: Rental Listing Inquiries](https://www.kaggle.com/c/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/two-sigma-connect-rental-listing-inquiries/writeups/little-boat-3rd-place-solution-summary) | 2017.4 |
| 3rd     | [Dogs vs. Cats Redux: Kernels Edition](https://www.kaggle.com/c/dogs-vs-cats-redux-kernels-edition) | [link](https://medium.com/kaggle-blog/dogs-vs-cats-redux-playground-competition-3rd-place-interview-marco-lugo-74893739b10f) | - |
| 3rd     | [Bosch Production Line Performance](https://www.kaggle.com/c/bosch-production-line-performance) | [link](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/bosch-production-line-performance/writeups/data-property-avengers-3-place-solution) | 2016.11 |
| 1st     | [The 1st Di-Tech Competitions](https://web.archive.org/web/20170311212917/https://research.xiaojukeji.com/competition/main.action?competitionId=DiTech2016) | - | 2016.7 |