""" This module sets up a Random Forest Regressor with hyperparameter tuning. Features: - Uses `RandomForestRegressor` estimator from scikit-learn. - Defines a hyperparameter grid for ensemble parameters. - Handles non-linear relationships and reduces overfitting through averaging. Special Considerations: - Random Forests are robust to outliers and can handle non-linear data. - Not sensitive to feature scaling. - Set `n_jobs=-1` to utilize all available CPU cores. """ from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor # Define the estimator estimator = RandomForestRegressor(random_state=42, n_jobs=-1) # Define the hyperparameter grid param_grid = { 'model__n_estimators': [100, 200], # Focus on a small range of estimators 'model__max_depth': [10, 20, None], # Commonly used depth variations 'model__min_samples_split': [2, 5], # Commonly used split values 'model__min_samples_leaf': [1, 2], # Focused leaf size 'model__max_features': ['sqrt'], # "sqrt" is often optimal for Random Forests 'preprocessor__num__imputer__strategy': ['mean'], # Single imputation strategy } # Optional: Define the default scoring metric default_scoring = 'neg_root_mean_squared_error'