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Adaboost

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Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining

Adaboost is an ensemble learning technique, and the most well-known of the Boosting family of algorithms. The algorithm trains models sequentially, with a new model trained at each round. At the end of each round, mis-classified examples are identified and have their emphasis increased in a new training set which is then fed back into the start of the next round, and a new model is trained. The idea is that subsequent models should be able to compensate for errors made by earlier models. See ensemble learning for full details.

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(2017). Adaboost. In: Sammut, C., Webb, G.I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7687-1_917

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