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Support multi-target regression model from XGBoost. Previously, nvForest rejected models with multiple targets.

Closes #67

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• New Features
  • Improved model import handling for averaged tree outputs, accounting for class counts in multiclass models and target counts in other supported models.
  • Added support for vector-leaf models in regression and multiclass classification.
• Bug Fixes
  • Model validation now rejects multi-target binary and multiclass classification models, as well as vector leaves for unsupported task types.

Treelite import now supports additional multi-output and vector-leaf model shapes. It selects forest output counts from class or target counts and adjusts averaging for scalar-leaf models. Parameterized tests compare XGBoost and nvforest outputs. Several includes were removed, and a comment and copyright notice were updated.

Changes: Multi-output and vector-leaf import

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate and import multi-output models cpp/include/nvforest/treelite_importer.hpp, cpp/include/nvforest/detail/decision_forest_builder.hpp	The importer validates vector-leaf task types, provides class and target counts, adjusts the averaging factor for scalar-leaf models, and chooses the output count by task. It no longer rejects all models with multiple targets. The builder comment describes the averaging factor.
Verify XGBoost vector-leaf predictions python/nvforest/tests/test_nvforest.py	Parameterized tests check model metadata, output counts and shapes, and predictions against XGBoost across devices, multi-output strategies, and objectives.

Header include and notice cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update header includes and notice cpp/include/nvforest/decision_forest.hpp, cpp/include/nvforest/detail/gpu_support.hpp, cpp/include/nvforest/detail/infer.hpp, cpp/include/nvforest/detail/specialization_types.hpp	The changes remove explicit or unused includes and update the copyright notice in specialization_types.hpp.

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Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: chyunsu3, csadorf

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Multi-target regressors with non-standard tree-to-target assignments can now import successfully and return incorrect predictions. Preserve target_id or reject unsupported assignments before merging. The new XGBoost test also needs a minimum-version guard to avoid failures on older XGBoost releases.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 11.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title clearly describes the primary change: support for vector-leaf regressors imported from XGBoost.
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Description check		The description states the PR supports multi-target regression models from XGBoost, which nvForest previously rejected. The changeset matches this: treelite_importer.hpp no longer rejects all multi-ta…

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The description states the PR supports multi-target regression models from XGBoost, which nvForest previously rejected. The changeset matches this: treelite_importer.hpp no longer rejects all multi-target models, and a new test covers XGBoost vector-leaf regression. The description is specific and on-topic. It links issue #67.

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- Line 441: Update the Treelite import flow that computes num_outputs and builds
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Document the new public multi-output contract.

get_num_target is a new public member in a public header, but it has no Doxygen comment. Document its return type and its role in sizing non-classification outputs. Update the public import documentation with the supported vector-leaf tasks, multi-target restrictions, output ordering, scalar-leaf averaging, thread-safety, and GPU/device/stream behavior.

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Add Doxygen documentation for get_num_target describing its return type and how
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- Around line 98-100: Update import_to_specific_variant to preserve each tree’s
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- Line 122: Add Doxygen documentation for get_num_target describing its return
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@chyunsu3 Please help merge it, I don't have the write access.

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