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A boosting algorithm for regression

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Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN'97 (ICANN 1997)

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A new boosting algorithm ADABOOST-Ra for regression problems is presented and upper bound on the error is obtained. Experimental results to compare ADABOOST-RΔ and other learning algorithms are given.

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Wulfram Gerstner Alain Germond Martin Hasler Jean-Daniel Nicoud

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Bertoni, A., Campadelli, P., Parodi, M. (1997). A boosting algorithm for regression. In: Gerstner, W., Germond, A., Hasler, M., Nicoud, JD. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN'97. ICANN 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1327. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020178

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