Hinging hyperplanes for regression, classification, and function approximation

  • Authors:
  • L. Breiman

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Stat., California Univ., Berkelely, CA

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

A hinge function y=h(x) consists of two hyperplanes continuously joined together at a hinge. In regression (prediction), classification (pattern recognition), and noiseless function approximation, use of sums of hinge functions gives a powerful and efficient alternative to neural networks with computation times several orders of magnitude less than is obtained by fitting neural networks with a comparable number of parameters. A simple and effective method for finding good hinges is presented