generates a boosting model.
boosting_model(
  data,
  variable.pred,
  n.trees = 50,
  distribution = "gaussian",
  shrinkage = 0.1
)dataframe
the name of the variable to be predicted.
integer specifying the total number of trees to fit.
either a character string specifying the name of the distribution to use or a list with a component name specifying the distribution and any additional parameters needed.
the shrinkage parameter of the model. The learning rate or step-size reduction
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