H2O v3.36.1.1 Release Notes

  • πŸš€ Download at: http://h2o-release.s3.amazonaws.com/h2o/rel-zumbo/1/index.html

    πŸ› Bug

    • πŸ›  [PUBDEV-8653] - Fixed Residual Analysis plot flipping the residual calculation.
    • πŸ‘» [PUBDEV-8643] - Added more detailed exception when disconnected due to error caused by Rcurl.
    • πŸ“¦ [PUBDEV-8633] - Made R client attempt to connect to curl package instead of Rcurl package first.
    • [PUBDEV-8622] - Ensures GLM models fail instead of throwing warnings when beta_contraints and `non_negative are used with multinomial or ordinal families.
    • πŸ›  [PUBDEV-8620] - Fixed how cv_computeAndSetOptimalParameters deals with multiple alpha and lambda values across different folds.
    • [PUBDEV-8619] - Increased MaxR running speed.
    • πŸ›  [PUBDEV-8602] - Fixed getGLMRegularizationPath erroring out when standardize = False.
    • πŸ›  [PUBDEV-8468] - Fixed Keystore not generating on Java 16+.
    • [PUBDEV-8014] - Added a num_of_features argument to h2o.varimp_heatmap to limit the number of displayed variables.
    • [PUBDEV-5258] - Fixed cross_validation_metrics_summary not being accessible for Stacked Ensemble.

    πŸ‘Œ Improvement

    • [PUBDEV-8661] - Improved AUUC result information in Uplift DRF by adding information on number of bins.
    • πŸ“¦ [PUBDEV-8649] - Replaced class() with inherits() in R package.
    • πŸ“¦ [PUBDEV-8644] - Fixed invalid URLs in R Package.
    • [PUBDEV-8629] - Added normalized AUUC to Uplift DRF.
    • [PUBDEV-8617] - Sped-up AutoML by avoiding sleep-waiting.
    • 🚚 [PUBDEV-8614] - Removed Stacked Ensembles with XGB metalearner to increase speed.
    • [PUBDEV-8613] - Ensures AutoML reproducibility when max_models is used.
    • ⚑️ [PUBDEV-8528] - Updated AutoML default leaderboard regression sorting to RMSE.

    πŸ†• New Feature

    • [PUBDEV-8652] - Bundled several basic datasets with H2O for use in examples.
    • πŸš€ [PUBDEV-8630] - Added h2o.jar assembly for secure Steam deployments and excluded PAM authentication from minimal/Steam builds.
    • [PUBDEV-8624] - Added ability to ingest data from secured Hive using h2odriver.jar in standalone.
    • [PUBDEV-8592] - Bundled KrbStandalone extension in h2odriver.jar.
    • 0️⃣ [PUBDEV-8580] - Implemented new method for defining histogram split-points in GBM/DRF designed to address outlier issues with default UniformAdaptive method.
    • [PUBDEV-8573] - Added ability to reorder frame levels based on their frequencies and to relieve only topN levels for GLM.
    • [PUBDEV-8571] - Added a function to calculate predicted versus actual response in GLM.
    • [PUBDEV-8401] - Implemented MOJO for Extended Isolation Forest.
    • [PUBDEV-8398] - Added monotone splines to GAM.
    • [PUBDEV-8388] - Added a plot function for gains/lift to R and Python.
    • ⚑️ [PUBDEV-8373] - Added ability to acquire metric builder updates for Sparkling Water calculation without H2O runtime.
    • πŸ‘ [PUBDEV-7980] - Added support for interaction_constraints to GBM.
    • [PUBDEV-7858] - Exposed distribution parameter in AutoML

    Task

    • [PUBDEV-8587] - Decoupled Infogram and XGBoost removing Infograms reliance on XGBoost to work.
    • [PUBDEV-8585] - Verified GLM binomial IRLSM implementation and p-value calculation.
    • [PUBDEV-8576] - Added private ModelBuilder parameter to AutoML to enforce the time budget on the final model after cross-validation.

    Sub-Task

    • [PUBDEV-8601] - Made Ice plot functionalities also available on pd_plot.
    • [PUBDEV-8502] - Added option to normalize y-axis values.
    • [PUBDEV-8499] - Added option to display logodds for binary models for Ice plots.
    • [PUBDEV-8498] - Added ability to save final graphing data to a frame for Ice plots.
    • [PUBDEV-8497] - Added option to specify a grouping variable for Ice plots.
    • [PUBDEV-8496] - Shows original observation values as points on the line for Ice plots.
    • [PUBDEV-8495] - Added option to toggle PDP vs Ice lines on or off.

    πŸ“„ Docs

    • πŸ“š [PUBDEV-8654] - Added documentation on the monotone spline for GAM.
    • [PUBDEV-8665] - Added links to the Additional Resources page to the sites where users can ask questions.
    • ⚑️ [PUBDEV-8658] - Updated the examples for the Residual Analysis Plot.
    • πŸš€ [PUBDEV-8650] - Updated the K8s deployment tutorial.
    • πŸ“š [PUBDEV-8639] - Improved Uplift DRF User Guide documentation.
    • πŸ“„ [PUBDEV-8631] - Shifted the links from the H2O-3 docs page to the User Guide β€œAdditional Resources” page.
    • πŸ›  [PUBDEV-8604] - Fixed MOJO importable/exportable table in User Guide.
    • πŸ— [PUBDEV-8603] - Added a note that MOJOs won’t build if interactions are specified.
    • [PUBDEV-8595] - Added information on how H2O handles date columns.
    • ✏️ [PUBDEV-8590] - Fixed code typos on Admissible ML page in User Guide.
    • [PUBDEV-8591] - Added information on the -hdfs_config tag.