Release v.0.50.0

[chukarsten]

v0.50.0 Apr. 12, 2022

Enhancements

• Added TimeSeriesImputer component Add a TimeSeriesImputer component #3374
• Replaced pipeline_parameters and custom_hyperparameters with search_parameters in AutoMLSearch Remove pipeline_parameters and custom_hyperparameters and replace with search_parameters #3373, Update Pipeline parameters pt 2 #3427
• Added TimeSeriesRegularizer to smooth uninferrable date ranges for time series problems Add TimeSeriesRegularizer #3376
• Enabled ensembling as a parameter for DefaultAlgorithm Enable ensembling as a parameter for DefaultAlgorithm #3435, DefaultAlgorithm Ensembling Followup #3444

Fixes

• Fix DefaultAlgorithm not handling Email and URL features Fix feature provenance for URL and Email features in DefaultAlgorithm #3419
• Added test to ensure LabelEncoder parameters preserved during AutoMLSearch Add test to ensure positive_label passed properly in AMLSearch #3326

Changes

• Updated DateTimeFormatDataCheck to use woodwork's infer_frequency function Update DatetimeFormatDataCheck to use woodwork #3425
• Renamed graphs.py to visualizations.py Rename graphs.py to visualizations.py #3439

Documentation Changes

• Updated the model understanding section of the user guide to include missing functions Increase coverage of model understanding functions in docs #3446
• Rearranged the user guide model understanding page for easier navigation Rearrange model understanding sections #3457

Breaking Changes

• Renamed graphs.py to visualizations.py Rename graphs.py to visualizations.py #3439
• Replaced pipeline_parameters and custom_hyperparameters with search_parameters in AutoMLSearch Remove pipeline_parameters and custom_hyperparameters and replace with search_parameters #3373

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #3461 (b71caa8) into main (8408ca8) will not change coverage.
The diff coverage is 100.0%.

@@          Coverage Diff          @@
##            main   #3461   +/-   ##
=====================================
  Coverage   99.7%   99.7%           
=====================================
  Files        336     336           
  Lines      33297   33297           
=====================================
  Hits       33165   33165           
  Misses       132     132           

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
evalml/__init__.py	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)

---

Continue to review full report at Codecov.

Legend - Click here to learn more
Δ = absolute <relative> (impact), ø = not affected, ? = missing data
Powered by Codecov. Last update 8408ca8...b71caa8. Read the comment docs.

[jeremyliweishih]

LGTM!