Title
Ensemble diversity measures and their application to thinning
Abstract
The diversity of an ensemble of classifiers can be calculated in a variety of ways. Here a diversity metric and a means for altering the diversity of an ensemble, called “thinning”, are introduced. We evaluate thinning algorithms created by several techniques on 22 publicly available datasets. When compared to other methods, our percentage correct diversity measure shows a greatest correlation between the increase in voted ensemble accuracy and the diversity value. Also, the analysis of different ensemble creation methods indicates that they generate different levels of diversity. Finally, the methods proposed for thinning show that ensembles can be made smaller without loss in accuracy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.inffus.2004.04.005
Information Fusion
Keywords
Field
DocType
Thinning,Diversity,Multiple classifier systems,Decision trees,Ensembles
Decision tree,Ensemble diversity,Diversity measure,Pattern recognition,Thinning,Correlation,Artificial intelligence,Mathematics,Machine learning,Thinning algorithm
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
1
1566-2535
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
108
2.66
15
Authors
4
Search Limit
100108
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Robert E. Banfield135817.16
Lawrence O. Hall25543335.87
Kevin W. Bowyer311121734.33
W. Philip Kegelmeyer43498146.54