def fold_assignment(self):
        """
        Cross-validation fold assignment scheme, if fold_column is not specified. The 'Stratified' option will stratify
        the folds based on the response variable, for classification problems.

        One of: ``"auto"``, ``"random"``, ``"modulo"``, ``"stratified"``  (default: ``"auto"``).
        """
        return self._parms.get("fold_assignment")