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How does XGBoost & Gradient Boosting work

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Each new model in the sequence focuses on correcting the errors made by the previous models, gradually improving overall accuracy through repeated refinement.
Real-world example A data science competition winner often uses XGBoost because of its strong performance and speed on structured, tabular data.

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