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/*
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 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.example;

import java.util.HashMap;

import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.Booster;
import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.DMatrix;
import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.XGBoost;
import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.XGBoostError;

/**
 * simple example for using external memory version
 *
 * @author hzx
 */
public class ExternalMemory {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws XGBoostError {
    //this is the only difference, add a # followed by a cache prefix name
    //several cache file with the prefix will be generated
    //currently only support convert from libsvm file
    DMatrix trainMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.train?format=libsvm#dtrain.cache");
    DMatrix testMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.test?format=libsvm#dtest.cache");

    //specify parameters
    HashMap params = new HashMap();
    params.put("eta", 1.0);
    params.put("max_depth", 2);
    params.put("silent", 1);
    params.put("objective", "binary:logistic");

    //performance notice: set nthread to be the number of your real cpu
    //some cpu offer two threads per core, for example, a 4 core cpu with 8 threads, in such case
    // set nthread=4
    //param.put("nthread", num_real_cpu);

    //specify watchList
    HashMap watches = new HashMap();
    watches.put("train", trainMat);
    watches.put("test", testMat);

    //set round
    int round = 2;

    //train a boost model
    Booster booster = XGBoost.train(trainMat, params, round, watches, null, null);
  }
}