Fix XGBoost categorical splits for CPU TreeExplainer with background - #2
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Add threshold_types=2 for XGB bitmask routing, convert pandas category columns to codes before _cext, and test additivity against output_margin.
Keep threshold_types=2 and cat-code conversion CPU-only until GPU track is validated.
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Renamed branch to support/xgboost-categorical-cpu (support, not fix). |
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threshold_types=2for XGBoost categorical splits (2^catbitmask; in-set → right, not-in-set → left) intree_shap.hand loader.categorycolumns to integer codes before_cext(_convert_xgboost_categorical_array), so tree routing matches XGBoost training.TestExplainerXGBoostCategorical: background +tree_path_dependentadditivity vsoutput_margin.Fork-only PR — CPU path only. No
_cext_gpuchanges in this PR.Design notes:
contributor-notes/XGB_CATEGORICAL_FIX.mdon branchpersonal/notes.Not in this PR
NotImplementedError; needstree_shap_indepcategorical routing (shared LightGBM gap)_cext_gpu)pred_contribsoutput_marginTest plan
pytest tests/explainers/test_tree.py::TestExplainerXGBoostCategoricalTreeEnsemble.predictand SHAP sums vsoutput_margin(~1e-6)pred_contribs(no-background path)