AWhat changed
Introduced bootstrap aggregating of predictors by averaging or voting over bootstrap-trained models.
Scientific scope
The record is Breiman's sole-author 1996 Machine Learning article, preceded by a 1994 Berkeley technical report. It does not absorb boosting, random forests, later variance analyses or every ensemble method.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Breiman's sole-author 1996 Machine Learning article, preceded by a 1994 Berkeley technical report. It does not absorb boosting, random forests, later variance analyses or every ensemble method.
Contributors
- Leo Breiman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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