def get_params(self, deep=False):
        """
        returns a dict of all of the object's user-facing parameters

        Parameters
        ----------
        deep : boolean, default: False
            when True, also gets non-user-facing paramters

        Returns
        -------
        dict
        """
        attrs = self.__dict__
        for attr in self._include:
            attrs[attr] = getattr(self, attr)

        if deep is True:
            return attrs
        return dict([(k,v) for k,v in list(attrs.items()) \
                     if (k[0] != '_') \
                        and (k[-1] != '_') \
                        and (k not in self._exclude)])