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Bootstrap aggregating

Agregación de bootstrap

Date
1994-1996 · confidence low
Place
Berkeley, California, United States
Credited to
Leo Breiman
Field
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What it is

Machine learning meta-algorithm devised by Leo Breiman that combines several models trained on bootstrap-resampled subsets of the same dataset to improve prediction stability and accuracy.

What it led to

  • Reduced variance and overfitting in decision trees
  • Direct basis for random forests
  • Widespread adoption as an ensemble technique in machine learning
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