Non-Linearity: Can Linear Regression Compete With Gradient Boosting? | by Samuele Mazzanti | Oct, 2024

Some weeks in the past, I revealed a submit on LinkedIn.

The submit was based mostly on the next determine, evaluating the predictions made by two fashions: Linear Regression, and CatBoost.

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The gist of the submit was {that a} gradient-boosting mannequin like CatBoost appears to supply a extra “affordable” interpretation of the connection between a predictor and the goal variable (specifically, home situation and home worth).

Certainly, many relationships in nature are non-linear.

The submit obtained some objections, amongst which the next remark stood out for the massive variety of likes:

Remark part of this LinkedIn submit.

This began a dialogue, and I discovered the next remark (written by the identical creator…