Issues in stacked generalization

KM Ting, IH Witten - Journal of artificial intelligence research, 1999 - jair.org
Stacked generalization is a general method of using a high-level model to combine lower-
level models to achieve greater predictive accuracy. In this paper we address two crucial …

Stacking bagged and dagged models

KM Ting, IH Witten - 1997 - researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz
In this paper, we investigate the method of stacked generalization in combining models
derived from different subsets of a training dataset by a single learning algorithm, as well as …

Stacked Generalization: when does it work?

KM Ting, IH Witten - 1997 - researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz
Stacked generalization is a general method of using a high-level model to combine lower-
level models to achieve greater predictive accuracy. In this paper we resolve two crucial …

Bounding the generalization error of convex combinations of classifiers: balancing the dimensionality and the margins

V Koltchinskii, D Panchenko… - The Annals of Applied …, 2003 - projecteuclid.org
A problem of bounding the generalization error of a classifier%\break $ f\in\conv (\mathcal
{H}) $, where $\mathcal {H} $ is a" base" class of functions (classifiers), is considered. This …

Model combination in the multiple-data-batches scenario

KM Ting, BT Low - Machine Learning: ECML-97: 9th European …, 1997 - Springer
The approach of combining models learned from multiple batches of data provide an
alternative to the common practice of learning one model from all the available data (ie, the …

Learning and exploitation do not conflict under minimax optimality

C Szepesvári - Machine Learning: ECML-97: 9th European …, 1997 - Springer
We show that adaptive real time dynamic programming extended with the action selection
strategy which chooses the best action according to the latest estimate of the cost function …

Decision combination based on the characterisation of predictive accuracy

KM Ting - Intelligent Data Analysis, 1997 - content.iospress.com
In this article, we first explore an intrinsic problem that exists in the models induced by
learning algorithms. Regardless of the selected algorithm, search methodology and …

Learning from batched data: Model combination versus data combination

KM Ting, BT Low, IH Witten - Knowledge and Information Systems, 1999 - Springer
Combining models learned from multiple batches of data provide an alternative to the
common practice of learning one model from all the available data (ie the data combination …

Theory combination: an alternative to data combination

KM Ting, BT Low - 1996 - researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz
The approach of combining theories learned from multiple batches of data provide an
alternative to the common practice of learning one theory from all the available data (ie, the …