Multistage Neural Network Ensembles

Authors:
Shuang Yang;Antony Browne;Phil D. Picton
Affiliations:
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Venue:
MCS '02 Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems
Year:
2002

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Abstract

Neural network ensembles (some times referred to as committees or classifier ensembles) are effective techniques to improve the generalization of a neural network system. Combining a set of neural network classifiers whose error distributions are diverse can lead to generating more accurate results than any single network. Combination strategies commonly used in ensembles include simple averaging, weighted averaging, majority voting and ranking. However, each method has its limitations, dependent either on the application areas it is suited to, or due to its effectiveness. This paper proposes a new ensembles combination scheme called multistage neural network ensembles. Experimental investigations based on multistage neural network ensembles are presented, and the benefit of using this approach as an additional combination method in ensembles is demonstrated.