Dr. Kai Ming TING, Hamilton, NZ

Lecture
Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
                      Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
                       Tel.+43-1-53532810,5336112
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Dr.Kai Ming TING
University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand


Stacked Generalization: When Does It Work?
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Stacked generalization is a general method of using a high-level model
to combine lower-level models to achieve greater predictive accuracy.
We resolve two crucial issues which have been considered to be a 
`black art' in classification tasks ever since the introduction of 
stacked generalization in 1992 by Wolpert: the type of generalizer
that is suitable to derive the higher-level model, and the kind of
attributes that should be used as its input.   

We demonstrate the effectiveness of stacked generalization for 
combining three different types of learning algorithms. 


Zeit: Montag, 28.April 1997, 18:30 Uhr pktl.
Ort:  OeFAI, Schottengasse 3, 1010 Wien 1.