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Defines complexity and performance, illustrates tree depth, and stops short of a formal theoretical definition.

Strong learner

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A strong learner is a sufficiently complex predictive model with good performance on its task.

A strong learner is a sufficiently complex predictive model with good performance on its task. A deep decision tree with over 80% binary-classification accuracy illustrates the idea; a shallow tree near 51% represents a weak learner. section 1.5

Strong learners commonly serve as base models in parallel ensembles, whose component models train independently before their predictions are combined. Sequential ensembles usually take the opposite route, combining weak learners into one strong learner. section 1.5 section 4.1

Strength reflects both model complexity and predictive performance:

Use strong learners directly in methods such as bagging, random forests, and Extra Trees, which train component models in parallel. section 1.5
Create a strong learner sequentially by repeatedly training weak estimators to address earlier mistakes, as boosting does. section 4.0

AdaBoost turns stumps into a stronger ensemble

AdaBoost begins with equally weighted examples, then increases the weights of misclassified examples so later decision stumps prioritize them. After three iterations, stumps with individual training errors of 15%, 20%, and 25% form an ensemble with a 9% error rate. section 4.2.1

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boostingproduced by · Boosting is an ensemble-learning technique that builds predictive models sequentially and combines them, with later models improving on weaknesses of earlier ones.
sequential ensemble methodproduced by · A sequential ensemble method trains base learners in successive stages, with later learners depending on or correcting the outputs of earlier learners.
weak learnerhas part · A weak learner is a predictive model that performs only modestly better than chance or a simple baseline and can contribute to a stronger ensemble.
parallel ensemble methodused by · A parallel ensemble method combines outputs from multiple independently trained base learners that perform the same task.
AdaBoostproduced by · AdaBoost is an ensemble-learning algorithm that sequentially combines weak learners, adaptively reweighting training examples so that later learners emphasize those earlier learners handled poorly.
random forestincludes · A random forest is an ensemble model that combines predictions from multiple decision trees built with randomized data samples, feature selections, or both.

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