Self-poised ensemble learning

Abstract

This paper proposes a new approach to train ensembles of learning machines in a regression context. At each iteration a new learner is added to compensate the error made by the previous learner in the prediction of its training patterns. The algorithm operates directly over values to be predicted by the next machine to retain the ensemble in the target hypothesis and to ensure diversity. We expose a theoretical explanation which clarifies what the method is doing algorithmically and allows to show its stochastic convergence. Finally, experimental results are presented to compare the performance of this algorithm with boosting and bagging in two well-known data sets. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.