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When plotting a tree from catboost, it shows val in leaves; what do these values represent?

I can't find the answer in their official tutorial on plotting, nor are there any such questions answered anywhere that I could find. Like:

  1. LightGBM plot_tree() Leaf numbers
  2. What' the meaning of "Val" in the visualization of a lightgbm tree?
  3. https://github.com/catboost/catboost/issues?q=plot_tree

Binary Classification MultiClass Classification

desertnaut
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Nauman Naeem
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  • Just came across this question. Are [this question and answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69470096/what-is-the-scale-of-the-leaf-values-in-a-catboostregressor-tree/71697767#71697767) helpful? – A. S. K. Apr 18 '22 at 20:35

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These are values predicted by the tree. There are more than one value for multi-classification and multi-regression.

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desertnaut
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    Thanks, but what do these values mean for classification? I have also raised an [issue](https://github.com/catboost/catboost/issues/1389) on github. Which I didn't really understand. – Nauman Naeem Aug 28 '20 at 08:19