Fix early stopping behavior with MAPE metric (#7061)

dmlc · Jun 25, 2021 · dd4db34 · dd4db34
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diff --git a/python-package/xgboost/callback.py b/python-package/xgboost/callback.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def minimize(new, best):
             # user to decide.
             maximize_metrics = ('auc', 'aucpr', 'map', 'ndcg', 'auc@',
                                 'aucpr@', 'map@', 'ndcg@')
-            if any(metric.startswith(x) for x in maximize_metrics):
+            if metric != 'mape' and any(metric.startswith(x) for x in maximize_metrics):
                 self.maximize = True
             else:
                 self.maximize = False