Summary of Very Fast Bayesian Additive Regression Trees on Gpu, by Giacomo Petrillo
Very fast Bayesian Additive Regression Trees on GPU
by Giacomo Petrillo
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) is a nonparametric Bayesian regression technique that combines decision trees. As part of many statisticians’ toolboxes, BART offers higher statistical quality and less manual tuning compared to generic alternatives. While it’s a niche method compared to XGBoost due to longer running times for large sample sizes, a GPU-enabled implementation of BART can accelerate processing by up to 200x relative to a single CPU core. This makes BART competitive with XGBoost in terms of runtime. The Python package bartz provides this implementation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine a powerful tool that helps statisticians make better predictions and models. Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) is this tool, combining different decision-making approaches to create strong results. It’s a good choice because it requires less effort to set up and produces accurate results. However, another popular method called XGBoost can process big datasets faster. The researchers have improved BART by making it run much faster on computers with special graphics cards. This new version is available for anyone to use in Python. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Regression » Xgboost
