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# minimumChildWeight

The minimum weight of each leaf node.

```
var minimumChildWeight: Double
```

## Discussion

Larger values result in more conservative tree learning and help prevent overfitting. If the tree learning
algorithm results in a leaf node with the sum of instance weights less than this value, tree building will
terminate. Defaults to 0.1

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