README.md in lightgbm-0.1.7 vs README.md in lightgbm-0.1.8
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# LightGBM
-[LightGBM](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM) - the high performance machine learning library - for Ruby
+[LightGBM](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM) - high performance gradient boosting - for Ruby
-:fire: Uses the C API for blazing performance
-
[](https://travis-ci.org/ankane/lightgbm)
## Installation
Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:
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```sh
brew install libomp
```
-## Getting Started
-
-This library follows the [Python API](https://lightgbm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Python-API.html). A few differences are:
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-- The `get_` and `set_` prefixes are removed from methods
-- The default verbosity is `-1`
-- With the `cv` method, `stratified` is set to `false`
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-Some methods and options are also missing at the moment. PRs welcome!
-
## Training API
Prep your data
```ruby
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- [Parameters](https://lightgbm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Parameters.html)
- [Parameter Tuning](https://lightgbm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Parameters-Tuning.html)
## Related Projects
-- [Xgb](https://github.com/ankane/xgb) - XGBoost for Ruby
-- [Eps](https://github.com/ankane/eps) - Machine Learning for Ruby
+- [XGBoost](https://github.com/ankane/xgboost) - XGBoost for Ruby
+- [Eps](https://github.com/ankane/eps) - Machine learning for Ruby
## Credits
-Thanks to the [xgboost](https://github.com/PairOnAir/xgboost-ruby) gem for serving as an initial reference.
+This library follows the [Python API](https://lightgbm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Python-API.html). A few differences are:
+- The `get_` and `set_` prefixes are removed from methods
+- The default verbosity is `-1`
+- With the `cv` method, `stratified` is set to `false`
+
+Thanks to the [xgboost](https://github.com/PairOnAir/xgboost-ruby) gem for showing how to use FFI.
+
## History
View the [changelog](https://github.com/ankane/lightgbm/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
## Contributing
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- [Report bugs](https://github.com/ankane/lightgbm/issues)
- Fix bugs and [submit pull requests](https://github.com/ankane/lightgbm/pulls)
- Write, clarify, or fix documentation
- Suggest or add new features
-To get started with development and testing:
+To get started with development:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ankane/lightgbm.git
cd lightgbm
bundle install