Questions tagged [ensemble-learning]

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How can an ensemble be more accurate than the best base classifier in that ensemble?

BACKGROUND: Ensemble classifiers are said to reduce bias by taking an "average" of predictions of several base classifiers that comprise the ensemble. However, I am uncertain if this necessarily means that they can increase accuracy. My intuition…
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