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Bootstrapping and Cross Validation:

1) Class Evaluation Measures
2) ROC Curve
3) Validation Splits

Ensemble Methods:
1) Bagging
2) Stacking
3) Boosting
4) Gradient Boosting
5) Random Forest
Bootstrapping and Cross Validation:
1. Bootstrapping:
o Purpose: Bootstrapping is primarily used to establish empirical
distribution functions for a wide range of statistics. It helps estimate
parameters and build ensemble models.
o Method:
▪ Selects samples with replacement from the original dataset.
▪ The bootstrapped data sets can be as large as the original
dataset.
▪ Contains repeated elements in every subset.
▪ Relies on random sampling.
o Advantages:
▪ Faster than cross-validation.
▪ Validates building with sample size N (instead of a fraction of
N).
o Limitations:
▪ Not as strong as cross-validation for model validation.
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▪ More about ensemble models or parameter estimation .

o Bootstrapping is widely used in the compilation development.

o Bootstrapping is used to produce a self-hosting compiler. Self-hosting
compiler is a type of compiler that can compile its own source code.
o Bootstrap compiler is used to compile the compiler and then you can use
this compiled compiler to compile everything else as well as future
versions of itself.
A compiler can be characterized by three languages:
1. Source Language
2. Target Language
3. Implementation Language
The T- diagram shows a compiler SCIT for Source S, Target T, implemented in I.
Follow some steps to produce a new language L for machine A:
1. Create a compiler SCAA for subset, S of the desired language, L using language
"A" and that compiler runs on machine A.

2. Create a compiler LCSA for language L written in a subset of L.

3. Compile LCSA using the compiler SCAA to obtain LCAA. LCAA is a compiler for
language L, which runs on machine A and produces code for machine A.

The process described by the T-diagrams is called bootstrapping.

2. Cross-Validation:
o Purpose: Cross-validation measures the generalization performance
of a model.
o Method:
▪ Divides the available data into multiple folds or subsets.
 ▪ Uses one fold as a validation set and trains the model on the
remaining folds.
▪ Repeats this process with different validation sets.
▪ Averages results to estimate model performance.
o Advantages:
▪ Prevents overfitting by evaluating on multiple validation sets.
▪ Provides a more realistic estimate of generalization
performance.
o Types:
▪ K-Fold Cross Validation: Divides data into k subsets.
▪ Leave-One-Out Cross Validation (LOOCV): Trains on all
but one data point.
o Comparison:
▪ Cross-validation resamples without replacement, while
bootstrapping resamples with replacement.
▪ Cross-validation produces smaller surrogate data sets.

BRIEFLY EXPLAIN:

Cross-validation is a technique for validating the model efficiency by

training it on the subset of input data and testing on previously unseen
subset of the input data. We can also say that it is a technique to check
how a statistical model generalizes to an independent dataset.

Hence the basic steps of cross-validations are:

o Reserve a subset of the dataset as a validation set.

o Provide the training to the model using the training dataset.
o Now, evaluate model performance using the validation set. If the model
performs well with the validation set, perform the further step, else check
for the issues.

Methods used for Cross-Validation

There are some common methods that are used for cross-validation. These
methods are given below:

1. Validation Set Approach

2. Leave-P-out cross-validation
 3. Leave one out cross-validation
4. K-fold cross-validation
5. Stratified k-fold cross-validation

Validation Set Approach

We divide our input dataset into a training set and test or validation set in the
validation set approach. Both the subsets are given 50% of the dataset.

But it has one of the big disadvantages that we are just using a 50% dataset to
train our model, so the model may miss out to capture important information of
the dataset. It also tends to give the underfitted model.

Leave-P-out cross-validation

In this approach, the p datasets are left out of the training data. It means, if there
are total n datapoints in the original input dataset, then n-p data points will be
used as the training dataset and the p data points as the validation set. This
complete process is repeated for all the samples, and the average error is
calculated to know the effectiveness of the model.

There is a disadvantage of this technique; that is, it can be computationally

difficult for the large p.

Leave one out cross-validation

This method is similar to the leave-p-out cross-validation, but instead of p, we

need to take 1 dataset out of training. It means, in this approach, for each learning
set, only one datapoint is reserved, and the remaining dataset is used to train the
model. This process repeats for each datapoint. Hence for n samples, we get n
different training set and n test set. It has the following features:

o In this approach, the bias is minimum as all the data points are used.
o The process is executed for n times; hence execution time is high.
o This approach leads to high variation in testing the effectiveness of the
model as we iteratively check against one data point.

K-Fold Cross-Validation

K-fold cross-validation approach divides the input dataset into K groups of

samples of equal sizes. These samples are called folds. For each learning set, the
prediction function uses k-1 folds, and the rest of the folds are used for the test
set. This approach is a very popular CV approach because it is easy to understand,
and the output is less biased than other methods.

The steps for k-fold cross-validation are:

o Split the input dataset into K groups

o For each group:
o Take one group as the reserve or test data set.
o Use remaining groups as the training dataset
o Fit the model on the training set and evaluate the performance of the
model using the test set.

Let's take an example of 5-folds cross-validation. So, the dataset is grouped into
5 folds. On 1st iteration, the first fold is reserved for test the model, and rest are
used to train the model. On 2nd iteration, the second fold is used to test the model,
and rest are used to train the model. This process will continue until each fold is
not used for the test fold.

Consider the below diagram:

Stratified k-fold cross-validation

This technique is similar to k-fold cross-validation with some little changes. This
approach works on stratification concept, it is a process of rearranging the data to
ensure that each fold or group is a good representative of the complete dataset.
To deal with the bias and variance, it is one of the best approaches.

It can be understood with an example of housing prices, such that the price of
some houses can be much high than other houses. To tackle such situations, a
stratified k-fold cross-validation technique is useful.

Holdout Method
This method is the simplest cross-validation technique among all. In this method,
we need to remove a subset of the training data and use it to get prediction results
by training it on the rest part of the dataset.

The error that occurs in this process tells how well our model will perform with
the unknown dataset. Although this approach is simple to perform, it still faces
the issue of high variance, and it also produces misleading results sometimes.

Comparison of Cross-validation to train/test split in Machine

Learning

o Train/test split: The input data is divided into two parts, that are training
set and test set on a ratio of 70:30, 80:20, etc. It provides a high variance,
which is one of the biggest disadvantages.
o Training Data: The training data is used to train the model, and the
dependent variable is known.
o Test Data: The test data is used to make the predictions from the
model that is already trained on the training data. This has the same
features as training data but not the part of that.
o Cross-Validation dataset: It is used to overcome the disadvantage of
train/test split by splitting the dataset into groups of train/test splits, and
averaging the result. It can be used if we want to optimize our model that
has been trained on the training dataset for the best performance. It is more
efficient as compared to train/test split as every observation is used for the
training and testing both.

Limitations of Cross-Validation

There are some limitations of the cross-validation technique, which are given
below:

o For the ideal conditions, it provides the optimum output. But for the
inconsistent data, it may produce a drastic result. So, it is one of the big
disadvantages of cross-validation, as there is no certainty of the type of
data in machine learning.
o In predictive modeling, the data evolves over a period, due to which, it may
face the differences between the training set and validation sets. Such as if
we create a model for the prediction of stock market values, and the data is
 trained on the previous 5 years stock values, but the realistic future values
for the next 5 years may drastically different, so it is difficult to expect the
correct output for such situations.

Applications of Cross-Validation

o This technique can be used to compare the performance of different

predictive modeling methods.
o It has great scope in the medical research field.
o It can also be used for the meta-analysis, as it is already being used by the
data scientists in the field of medical statistics.

Differences between bootstrapping and cross-validation:

Feature Bootstrapping Cross-Validation

Partitioning into kkk
Sampling Method Sampling with replacement
folds
Many (e.g., 1000 bootstrap
Number of Models Trained kkk (e.g., 5 or 10 folds)
samples)
(k−1)/k(k-1)/k(k−1)/k
Training Set Size Same as original dataset
of the original dataset
Original dataset or out-of-
Evaluation Set One fold at a time
bag (OOB) data
Reduces bias by averaging Balances bias and
Bias-Variance Tradeoff
many models variance
Computational Intensity High Moderate
Medium to large
Dataset Suitability Small to large datasets
datasets
Estimating the distribution of
Model validation and
Primary Use a statistic and constructing
selection
confidence intervals
- Useful for small - Robust performance
datasets<br>- Provides less estimate<br>- Identifies
biased performance overfitting and
Advantages
estimates<br>- Helps underfitting<br>-
estimate variability and Systematic evaluation
confidence intervals of model
- Less effective with
- Computationally
very small
intensive<br>- Requires
datasets<br>- More
Disadvantages large datasets for
folds can be
variability<br>- May have
computationally
duplicates in samples
intensive
 1.Class Evaluation Measures
In machine learning, class evaluation measures are metrics used to assess the
performance of classification models. These metrics provide insights into how
well a model is performing, helping to identify areas for improvement and
compare different models.

Evaluating the performance of a Machine learning model is one of the important

steps while building an effective ML model. To evaluate the performance or
quality of the model, different metrics are used, and these metrics are known
as performance metrics or evaluation metrics.

These performance metrics help us understand how well our model has performed
for the given data. In this way, we can improve the model's performance by tuning
the hyper-parameters. Each ML model aims to generalize well on unseen/new
data, and performance metrics help determine how well the model generalizes on
the new dataset.

1. Performance Metrics for Classification

In a classification problem, the category or classes of data is identified based on
training data. The model learns from the given dataset and then classifies the new
data into classes or groups based on the training. It predicts class labels as the
output, such as Yes or No, 0 or 1, Spam or Not Spam, etc. To evaluate the
performance of a classification model, different metrics are used, and some of
them are as follows:

o Accuracy
o Confusion Matrix
o Precision
o Recall
o F-Score
o AUC(Area Under the Curve)-ROC

I. Accuracy
The accuracy metric is one of the simplest Classification metrics to implement,
and it can be determined as the number of correct predictions to the total number
of predictions.

It can be formulated as:

II. Confusion Matrix

A confusion matrix is a tabular representation of prediction outcomes of any
binary classifier, which is used to describe the performance of the classification
model on a set of test data when true values are known.

The confusion matrix is simple to implement, but the terminologies used in this
matrix might be confusing for beginners.

A typical confusion matrix for a binary classifier looks like the below
image(However, it can be extended to use for classifiers with more than two
classes).
We can determine the following from the above matrix:

o In the matrix, columns are for the prediction values, and rows specify the
Actual values. Here Actual and prediction give two possible classes, Yes
or No. So, if we are predicting the presence of a disease in a patient, the
Prediction column with Yes means, Patient has the disease, and for NO,
the Patient doesn't have the disease.
o In this example, the total number of predictions are 165, out of which 110
time predicted yes, whereas 55 times predicted No.
o However, in reality, 60 cases in which patients don't have the disease,
whereas 105 cases in which patients have the disease.

In general, the table is divided into four terminologies, which are as

follows:

1. True Positive(TP): In this case, the prediction outcome is true, and it is

true in reality, also.
2. True Negative(TN): in this case, the prediction outcome is false, and it is
false in reality, also.
3. False Positive(FP): In this case, prediction outcomes are true, but they are
false in actuality.
4. False Negative(FN): In this case, predictions are false, and they are true in
actuality.

III Precision
The precision metric is used to overcome the limitation of Accuracy. The
precision determines the proportion of positive prediction that was actually
correct. It can be calculated as the True Positive or predictions that are actually
true to the total positive predictions (True Positive and False Positive).

IV. Recall or Sensitivity

It is also similar to the Precision metric; however, it aims to calculate the
proportion of actual positive that was identified incorrectly. It can be calculated
as True Positive or predictions that are actually true to the total number of
positives, either correctly predicted as positive or incorrectly predicted as
negative (true Positive and false negative).

The formula for calculating Recall is given below:

V. F-Scores
F-score or F1 Score is a metric to evaluate a binary classification model on the
basis of predictions that are made for the positive class. It is calculated with the
help of Precision and Recall. It is a type of single score that represents both
Precision and Recall. So, the F1 Score can be calculated as the harmonic mean
of both precision and Recall, assigning equal weight to each of them.

The formula for calculating the F1 score is given below:

VI. AUC-ROC

Sometimes we need to visualize the performance of the classification model on

charts; then, we can use the AUC-ROC curve. It is one of the popular and
important metrics for evaluating the performance of the classification model.
Firstly, let's understand ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic curve)
curve. ROC represents a graph to show the performance of a classification
model at different threshold levels. The curve is plotted between two parameters,
which are:

o True Positive Rate

o False Positive Rate

TPR or true Positive rate is a synonym for Recall, hence can be calculated as:

FPR or False Positive Rate can be calculated as:

To calculate value at any point in a ROC curve, we can evaluate a logistic

regression model multiple times with different classification thresholds, but this
would not be much efficient. So, for this, one efficient method is used, which is
known as AUC.

AUC: Area Under the ROC curve

AUC is known for Area Under the ROC curve. As its name suggests, AUC
calculates the two-dimensional area under the entire ROC curve, as shown below
image:
AUC calculates the performance across all the thresholds and provides an
aggregate measure. The value of AUC ranges from 0 to 1. It means a model with
100% wrong prediction will have an AUC of 0.0, whereas models with 100%
correct predictions will have an AUC of 1.0.

2. Performance Metrics for Regression

Regression is a supervised learning technique that aims to find the relationships
between the dependent and independent variables. A predictive regression model
predicts a numeric or discrete value. The metrics used for regression are different
from the classification metrics. It means we cannot use the Accuracy metric
(explained above) to evaluate a regression model; instead, the performance of a
Regression model is reported as errors in the prediction. Following are the
popular metrics that are used to evaluate the performance of Regression models.

o Mean Absolute Error

o Mean Squared Error
o R2 Score
o Adjusted R2

I Mean Absolute Error (MAE)

Mean Absolute Error or MAE is one of the simplest metrics, which measures the
absolute difference between actual and predicted values, where absolute means
taking a number as Positive.
To understand MAE, let's take an example of Linear Regression, where the model
draws a best fit line between dependent and independent variables. To measure
the MAE or error in prediction, we need to calculate the difference between actual
values and predicted values. But in order to find the absolute error for the
complete dataset, we need to find the mean absolute of the complete dataset.

The below formula is used to calculate MAE:

Here,

Y is the Actual outcome, Y' is the predicted outcome, and N is the total number
of data points.

MAE is much more robust for the outliers. One of the limitations of MAE is that
it is not differentiable, so for this, we need to apply different optimizers such as
Gradient Descent. However, to overcome this limitation, another metric can be
used, which is Mean Squared Error or MSE.

II. Mean Squared Error

Mean Squared error or MSE is one of the most suitable metrics for Regression
evaluation. It measures the average of the Squared difference between predicted
values and the actual value given by the model.

Since in MSE, errors are squared, therefore it only assumes non-negative values,
and it is usually positive and non-zero.

Moreover, due to squared differences, it penalizes small errors also, and hence it
leads to over-estimation of how bad the model is.

MSE is a much-preferred metric compared to other regression metrics as it is

differentiable and hence optimized better.

The formula for calculating MSE is given below:

Here,
Y is the Actual outcome, Y' is the predicted outcome, and N is the total number
of data points.

III. R Squared Score

R squared error is also known as Coefficient of Determination, which is another

popular metric used for Regression model evaluation. The R-squared metric
enables us to compare our model with a constant baseline to determine the
performance of the model. To select the constant baseline, we need to take the
mean of the data and draw the line at the mean.

The R squared score will always be less than or equal to 1 without concerning if
the values are too large or small.

IV. Adjusted R Squared

Adjusted R squared, as the name suggests, is the improved version of R squared

error. R square has a limitation of improvement of a score on increasing the terms,
even though the model is not improving, and it may mislead the data scientists.

To overcome the issue of R square, adjusted R squared is used, which will always
show a lower value than R². It is because it adjusts the values of increasing
predictors and only shows improvement if there is a real improvement.

We can calculate the adjusted R squared as follows:

Here,

n is the number of observations

k denotes the number of independent variables

and Ra2 denotes the adjusted R2

2. ROC Curve
What is AUC-ROC Curve?
AUC-ROC curve is a performance measurement metric of a classification model
at different threshold values. Firstly, let's understand ROC (Receiver Operating
Characteristic curve) curve.

ROC Curve
ROC or Receiver Operating Characteristic curve represents a probability graph
to show the performance of a classification model at different threshold levels.
The curve is plotted between two parameters, which are:

o True Positive Rate or TPR

o False Positive Rate or FPR

In the curve, TPR is plotted on Y-axis, whereas FPR is on the X-axis.

TPR:

TPR or True Positive rate is a synonym for Recall, which can be calculated as:

FPR or False Positive Rate can be calculated as:

Here, TP: True Positive

FP: False Positive

TN: True Negative

FN: False Negative

Now, to efficiently calculate the values at any threshold level, we need a method,
which is AUC.

AUC: Area Under the ROC curve

AUC is known for Area Under the ROC curve. As its name suggests, AUC
calculates the two-dimensional area under the entire ROC curve ranging from
(0,0) to (1,1), as shown below image:

In the ROC curve, AUC computes the performance of the binary classifier across
different thresholds and provides an aggregate measure. The value of AUC ranges
from 0 to 1, which means an excellent model will have AUC near 1, and hence it
will show a good measure of Separability.

When to Use AUC-ROC

AUC is preferred due to the following cases:

o AUC is used to measure how well the predictions are ranked instead of
giving their absolute values. Hence, we can say AUC is Scale-Invariant.
o It measures the quality of predictions of the model without considering the
selected classification threshold. It means AUC is classification-
threshold-invariant.

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When not to use AUC-ROC

o AUC is not preferable when we need to calibrate probability output.

 o Further, AUC is not a useful metric when there are wide disparities in the
cost of false negatives vs false positives, and it is difficult to minimize one
type of classification error.

How AUC-ROC curve can be used for the Multi-class Model?

Although the AUC-ROC curve is only used for binary classification problems,
we can also use it for multiclass classification problems. For multi-class
classification problems, we can plot N number of AUC curves for N number of
classes with the One vs ALL method.

For example, if we have three different classes, X, Y, and Z, then we can plot a
curve for X against Y & Z, a second plot for Y against X & Z, and the third plot
for Z against Y and X.

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Applications of AUC-ROC Curve

Although the AUC-ROC curve is used to evaluate a classification model, it is

widely used for various applications. Some of the important applications of AUC-
ROC are given below:

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1. Classification of 3D model
The curve is used to classify a 3D model and separate it from the normal
models. With the specified threshold level, the curve classifies the non-
3D and separates out the 3D models.
2. Healthcare
The curve has various applications in the healthcare sector. It can be used
to detect cancer disease in patients. It does this by using false positive and
false negative rates, and accuracy depends on the threshold value used for
the curve.
3. BinaryClassification
AUC-ROC curve is mainly used for binary classification problems to
evaluate their performance.
 3. Validation splits
In machine learning, validation splits are used to assess the performance of a
model on a dataset that was not used during training. This helps to ensure that the
model generalizes well to unseen data. Here are the common types of validation
splits:

1. Train-Test Split

This is the most basic form of validation split, where the dataset is divided into
two parts: a training set and a testing set. Typically, 70-80% of the data is used
for training, and the remaining 20-30% is used for testing.

• Training Set: Used to train the model.

• Testing Set: Used to evaluate the model's performance.

2. K-Fold Cross-Validation

In k-fold cross-validation, the dataset is divided into k subsets (or folds). The
model is trained and validated k times, each time using a different fold as the
validation set and the remaining k-1 folds as the training set. The results are then
averaged to produce a single performance metric.

• Common values for k: 5, 10.

• Process: For each fold, train the model on k-1 folds and test on the
remaining fold.

3. Stratified K-Fold Cross-Validation

This is a variation of k-fold cross-validation where each fold is made by

preserving the percentage of samples for each class. This is particularly useful for
imbalanced datasets to ensure each fold is representative of the overall class
distribution.

4. Leave-One-Out Cross-Validation (LOOCV)

This is an extreme case of k-fold cross-validation where k equals the
number of instances in the dataset. Each instance is used once as the
validation set while the rest are used for training. This method can be
computationally expensive but is useful for very small datasets.
 • Process: Train the model N times (where N is the number of instances),
each time leaving out one instance for validation.

5. Leave-P-Out Cross-Validation

Similar to LOOCV, but instead of leaving one instance out, p instances are left
out for validation. The process is repeated for all possible combinations of p
instances.

• Process: Train the model multiple times, each time with a different
combination of p instances left out for validation.

6. Repeated K-Fold Cross-Validation

This involves repeating the k-fold cross-validation process multiple times with
different random splits. This provides a more robust estimate of the model’s
performance.

• Process: Repeat k-fold cross-validation multiple times and average the

results.

7. Holdout Validation

The dataset is split into three parts: training, validation, and testing sets. The
training set is used to train the model, the validation set is used to tune
hyperparameters and make decisions about the model, and the testing set is used
to evaluate the final model.

• Training Set: For model training.

• Validation Set: For hyperparameter tuning.
• Testing Set: For final evaluation.

8. Time Series Split

For time series data, traditional cross-validation methods are not appropriate
because they do not respect the temporal order of data. Instead, time series split
methods, such as rolling or expanding windows, are used.
 • Rolling Window: The training set is fixed, and the validation set moves
forward in time.
• Expanding Window: The training set grows with each iteration,
incorporating more past data.

9. Nested Cross-Validation

Nested cross-validation is used to avoid the bias that can result from optimizing
hyperparameters and evaluating the model on the same data. It consists of two
loops: an outer loop for model evaluation and an inner loop for hyperparameter
tuning.

• Outer Loop: Used for model evaluation.

• Inner Loop: Used for hyperparameter tuning.

Choosing the Right Validation Split

The choice of validation split depends on various factors such as the size of the
dataset, the nature of the problem (e.g., time series vs. independent observations),
and the computational resources available. Here are some guidelines:

• Small Datasets: LOOCV or k-fold cross-validation.

• Large Datasets: Train-test split or k-fold cross-validation.
• Imbalanced Datasets: Stratified k-fold cross-validation.
• Time Series Data: Time series split methods.
• Hyperparameter Tuning: Nested cross-validation.

2ND HALF
Ensemble Methods:
Ensemble methods in machine learning refer to techniques that combine the
predictions of multiple individual models (often called base models or
learners) to improve overall predictive performance. Instead of relying on a
single model's prediction, ensemble methods leverage the wisdom of the
crowd principle, where the collective prediction of multiple models tends to
be more accurate and robust than that of any individual model.
Key characteristics of ensemble methods include:

1. Diversity: Ensuring that the individual models in the ensemble are

different from each other in some meaningful way, such as using different
algorithms, subsets of the data, or different hyperparameters. Diversity is
crucial because it allows the ensemble to capture different aspects of the
underlying data or model the data from different perspectives.
2. Combination Strategy: Ensembles typically combine the predictions of
individual models in one of several ways:
o Voting: For classification tasks, predictions are combined by
majority voting (hard voting) or weighted voting (soft voting).
o Averaging: For regression tasks, predictions are averaged to obtain
the final prediction.
o Meta-Learning: Using another model (meta-model) to learn how to
best combine the predictions of the individual models. This
approach is common in stacking.
3. Types of Ensemble Methods:
o Bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating): Involves training multiple
instances of the same base learning algorithm on different subsets of
the training data, typically with replacement.
o Boosting: Builds a sequence of models where each subsequent
model focuses on correcting the errors made by the previous models.
o Stacking (Stacked Generalization): Combines predictions from
multiple models using a meta-model, which learns how to best
combine the predictions of the base models.
o Random Forest: A specific type of ensemble learning based on
bagging, where decision trees are used as the base learners.

Ensemble methods are widely used in machine learning because they often
lead to improved predictive performance, better generalization to unseen data,
and increased robustness against noise and outliers in the data. They are
applied across various domains, including classification, regression, and
anomaly detection, among others.

Briefly Explain:
Ensemble means ‘a collection of things’ and in Machine Learning
terminology, Ensemble learning refers to the approach of combining multiple
ML models to produce a more accurate and robust prediction compared to any
individual model. It implements an ensemble of fast algorithms (classifiers)
such as decision trees for learning and allows them to vote.

Ensemble Learning Techniques

• Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM): Gradient Boosting is a popular

ensemble learning technique that sequentially builds a group of decision
trees and corrects the residual errors made by previous trees, enhancing its
predictive accuracy. It trains each new weak learner to fit the residuals of
the previous ensemble’s predictions thus making it less sensitive to
individual data points or outliers in the data.

• Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost): XGBoost features tree pruning,

regularization, and parallel processing, which makes it a preferred choice
for data scientists seeking robust and accurate predictive models.

• CatBoost: It is designed to handle features categorically that eliminates

the need for extensive pre-processing.CatBoost is known for its high
predictive accuracy, fast training, and automatic handling of overfitting.

• Stacking: It combines the output of multiple base models by training a

combiner(an algorithm that takes predictions of base models) and generate
more accurate prediction. Stacking allows for more flexibility in
combining diverse models, and the combiner can be any machine learning
algorithm.

• Random Subspace Method (Random Subspace Ensembles): It is an

ensemble learning approach that improves the predictive accuracy by
training base models on random subsets of input features. It mitigates
overfitting and improves the generalization by introducing diversity in the
model space.

• Random Forest Variants: They introduce variations in tree construction,

feature selection, or model optimization to enhance performance.
Selecting the right advanced ensemble technique depends on the nature of the
data, the specific problem trying to be solved, and the computational resources
available. It often requires experimentation and changes to achieve the best
results.

Uses of Ensemble Learning

Ensemble learning is a versatile approach that can be applied to a wide range

of machine learning problems such as:-

• Classification and Regression: Ensemble techniques make problems like

classification and regression versatile in various domains, including
finance, healthcare, marketing, and more.

• Anomaly Detection: Ensembles can be used to detect anomalies in

datasets by combining multiple anomaly detection algorithms, thus making
it more robust.

• Portfolio Optimization: Ensembles can be employed to optimize

investment portfolios by collecting predictions from various models to
make better investment decisions.

• Customer Churn Prediction: In business and marketing analytics, by

combining the results of various models capturing different aspects of
customer behaviour, ensembles can be used to predict customer churn.

• Medical Diagnostics: In healthcare, ensembles can be used to make more

accurate predictions of diseases based on various medical data sources and
diagnostic models.

• Credit Scoring: Ensembles can be used to improve the accuracy of credit

scoring models by combining the outputs of various credit risk assessment
models.

• Climate Prediction: Ensembles of climate models help in making more

accurate and reliable predictions for weather forecasting, climate change
projections, and related environmental studies.
 • Time Series Forecasting: Ensemble learning combines multiple time
series forecasting models to enhance accuracy and reliability, adapting to
changing temporal patterns.

1.Bagging
Bagging (or Bootstrap aggregating) is a type of ensemble learning in which
multiple base models are trained independently and in parallel on different
subsets of the training data. Each subset is generated using bootstrap sampling,
in which data points are picked at random with replacement. In the case of the
bagging classifier, the final prediction is made by aggregating the predictions
of the all-base model using majority voting. In the models of regression, the
final prediction is made by averaging the predictions of the all-base model,
and that is known as bagging regression.

Describe the Bagging Technique:

Assume the set D of d tuples, at each iteration I, a schooling set Di of d tuples is

selected thru row sampling with a substitute approach (i.e., there may be
repetitive factors from distinct d tuples) from D (i.e., bootstrap). Then a classifier
version Mi is discovered for each training set D < i. every classifier Mi returns its
class prediction. The bagged classifier M* counts the votes and assigns the class
with the most votes to X (unknown pattern).
What are the Implementation Steps of Bagging?

o Step 1: Multiple subsets are made from the original information set with
identical tuples, deciding on observations with replacement.
o Step 2: A base model is created on all subsets.
o Step 3: Every version is found in parallel with each training set and
unbiased.
o Step 4: The very last predictions are determined by combining the
forecasts from all models.

Application of the Bagging:

There are various applications of Bagging, which are given below –

1. IT:

Bagging can also improve the precision and accuracy of IT structures, together
with network intrusion detection structures. In the meantime, this study seems at
how Bagging can enhance the accuracy of network intrusion detection and reduce
the rates of fake positives.

2. Environment:

Ensemble techniques, together with Bagging, were carried out inside the area of
far-flung sensing. This study indicates how it has been used to map the styles of
wetlands inside a coastal landscape.

3. Finance:

Bagging has also been leveraged with deep gaining knowledge of models within
the finance enterprise, automating essential tasks, along with fraud detection,
credit risk reviews, and option pricing issues. This research demonstrates how
Bagging amongst different device studying techniques was leveraged to assess
mortgage default hazard. This highlights how Bagging limits threats by saving
you from credit score card fraud within the banking and economic institutions.

4. Healthcare:

The Bagging has been used to shape scientific data predictions. These studies
(PDF, 2.8 MB) show that ensemble techniques had been used for various
bioinformatics issues, including gene and protein selection, to perceive a selected
trait of interest. More significantly, this study mainly delves into its use to expect
the onset of diabetes based on various threat predictors.
What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Bagging?

Advantages of Bagging are -

There are many advantages of Bagging. The benefit of Bagging is given below -

1. Easier for implementation:

Python libraries, including scikit-examine (sklearn), make it easy to mix the

predictions of base beginners or estimators to enhance model performance. Their
documentation outlines the available modules you can leverage for your model
optimization.

2. Variance reduction:

The Bagging can reduce the variance inside a getting to know set of rules which
is especially helpful with excessive-dimensional facts, where missing values can
result in better conflict, making it more liable to overfitting and stopping correct
generalization to new datasets.

Disadvantages of Bagging are -

There are many disadvantages of Bagging. The disadvantages of Bagging are

given below -

1. Flexible less:

As a method, Bagging works particularly correctly with algorithms that are much
less solid. One which can be more stable or a problem with high amounts of bias
does now not provide an awful lot of gain as there is less variation in the dataset
of the version. As noted within the hands-On guide for machine learning, "the
bagging is a linear regression version will efficaciously just return the original
predictions for huge enough b."

2. Loss of interpretability:

The Bagging slows down and grows extra in depth because of the quantity of
iterations growth. accordingly, it is no longer adequately suitable for actual-time
applications. Clustered structures or large processing cores are perfect for quickly
growing bagged ensembles on massive look-at units.

3. Expensive for computation:

The Bagging is tough to draw unique business insights via Bagging because of
the averaging concerned throughout predictions. While the output is more precise
than any person's information point, a more accurate or whole dataset may yield
greater precision within a single classification or regression model.

2.BOOSTING
Boosting is an ensemble modeling technique that attempts to build a strong
classifier from the number of weak classifiers. It is done by building a model by
using weak models in series. Firstly, a model is built from the training data. Then
the second model is built which tries to correct the errors present in the first
model. This procedure is continued and models are added until either the
complete training data set is predicted correctly or the maximum number of
models are added.

Advantages of Boosting

• Improved Accuracy – Boosting can improve the accuracy of the model

by combining several weak models’ accuracies and averaging them for
regression or voting over them for classification to increase the accuracy
of the final model.
• Robustness to Overfitting – Boosting can reduce the risk of overfitting
by reweighting the inputs that are classified wrongly.
• Better handling of imbalanced data – Boosting can handle the imbalance
data by focusing more on the data points that are misclassified
• Better Interpretability – Boosting can increase the interpretability of the
model by breaking the model decision process into multiple processes.

Training of Boosting Model

1. Initialise the dataset and assign equal weight to each of the data point.
2. Provide this as input to the model and identify the wrongly classified
data points.
3. Increase the weight of the wrongly classified data points.
4. if (got required results)
Goto step 5
else
Goto step 2
5. End
Types Of Boosting Algorithms

There are several types of boosting algorithms some of the most famous and
useful models are as :

1. Gradient Boosting – It is a boosting technique that builds a final model

from the sum of several weak learning algorithms that were trained on the
same dataset. It operates on the idea of stagewise addition. The first weak
learner in the gradient boosting algorithm will not be trained on the dataset;
instead, it will simply return the mean of the relevant column. The residual
for the first weak learner algorithm’s output will then be calculated and
used as the output column or target column for the next weak learning
algorithm that will be trained. The second weak learner will be trained
using the same methodology, and the residuals will be computed and
utilized as an output column once more for the third weak learner, and so
on until we achieve zero residuals. The dataset for gradient boosting must
be in the form of numerical or categorical data, and the loss function used
to generate the residuals must be differential at all times.
2. XGBoost – In addition to the gradient boosting technique, XGBoost is
another boosting machine learning approach. The full name of the
XGBoost algorithm is the eXtreme Gradient Boosting algorithm, which is
an extreme variation of the previous gradient boosting technique. The key
distinction between XGBoost and GradientBoosting is that XGBoost
applies a regularisation approach. It is a regularised version of the current
gradient-boosting technique. Because of this, XGBoost outperforms a
standard gradient boosting method, which explains why it is also faster
than that. Additionally, it works better when the dataset contains both
numerical and categorical variables.
 3. Adaboost – AdaBoost is a boosting algorithm that also works on the
principle of the stagewise addition method where multiple weak learners
are used for getting strong learners. The value of the alpha parameter, in
this case, will be indirectly proportional to the error of the weak learner,
Unlike Gradient Boosting in XGBoost, the alpha parameter calculated is
related to the errors of the weak learner, here the value of the alpha
parameter will be indirectly proportional to the error of the weak learner.
4. CatBoost – The growth of decision trees inside CatBoost is the primary
distinction that sets it apart from and improves upon competitors. The
decision trees that are created in CatBoost are symmetric. As there is a
unique sort of approach for handling categorical datasets, CatBoost works
very well on categorical datasets compared to any other algorithm in the
field of machine learning. The categorical features in CatBoost are encoded
based on the output columns. As a result, the output column’s weight will
be taken into account while training or encoding the categorical features,
increasing its accuracy on categorical datasets.

Disadvantages of Boosting Algorithms

Boosting algorithms also have some disadvantages these are:

• Boosting Algorithms are vulnerable to the outliers
• It is difficult to use boosting algorithms for Real-Time applications.
• It is computationally expensive for large datasets

Difference between bagging and boosting are:

Bagging Boosting

The most effective manner of mixing predictions A manner of mixing predictions

that belong to the same type. that belong to different sorts.

The main task of it is decrease the variance but The main task of it is decrease
not bias. the bias but not variance.

Here each of the model is different weight. Here each of the model is same
weight.

Each of the model is built here independently. Each of the model is built here
dependently.
 This training records subsets are decided on Each new subset consists of the
using row sampling with alternative and random factors that were misclassified
sampling techniques from the whole training through preceding models.
dataset.

It is trying to solve by over fitting problem. It is trying to solve by reducing

the bias.

If the classifier is volatile (excessive variance), If the classifier is stable and easy
then apply bagging. (excessive bias) the practice
boosting.

In the bagging base, the classifier is works In the boosting base, the
parallelly. classifier is works sequentially.

Example is random forest model by using Example is AdaBoost using the

bagging. boosting technique.

What are the similarities between Bagging and

Boosting?
The similarities between Bagging and boosting are the commonly used strategies
with a general similarity of being labelled as ensemble strategies. Now here we
will briefly explain the similarities between Bagging and boosting.

1. They both are ensemble techniques to get the N novices from 1 learner.
2. Each generates numerous training statistics sets through random sampling.
3. They each make the very last decision by averaging the N number of
beginners (or they take most of the people of them, i.e., the Majority of
voting).
4. The Bagging and boosting are exact at reducing the variance and offer
better stability.

3. Stacking in Machine Learning

There are many ways to ensemble models in machine learning, such as Bagging,
Boosting, and stacking. Stacking is one of the most popular ensemble machine
learning techniques used to predict multiple nodes to build a new model and
improve model performance. Stacking enables us to train multiple models to
solve similar problems, and based on their combined output, it builds a new model
with improved performance.

Stacking is one of the popular ensemble modeling techniques in machine

learning. Various weak learners are ensembled in a parallel manner in such a
way that by combining them with Meta learners, we can predict better
predictions for the future.

This ensemble technique works by applying input of combined multiple weak

learners' predictions and Meta learners so that a better output prediction model
can be achieved.

In stacking, an algorithm takes the outputs of sub-models as input and attempts

to learn how to best combine the input predictions to make a better output
prediction.

Stacking is also known as a stacked generalization and is an extended form of

the Model Averaging Ensemble technique in which all sub-models equally
participate as per their performance weights and build a new model with better
predictions. This new model is stacked up on top of the others; this is the reason
why it is named stacking.

Architecture of Stacking
The architecture of the stacking model is designed in such as way that it consists
of two or more base/learner's models and a meta-model that combines the
predictions of the base models. These base models are called level 0 models, and
the meta-model is known as the level 1 model. So, the Stacking ensemble method
includes original (training) data, primary level models, primary level
prediction, secondary level model, and final prediction. The basic architecture
of stacking can be represented as shown below the image.

o Original data: This data is divided into n-folds and is also considered test
data or training data.
 o Base models: These models are also referred to as level-0 models. These
models use training data and provide compiled predictions (level-0) as an
output.
o Level-0 Predictions: Each base model is triggered on some training data
and provides different predictions, which are known as level-0
predictions.
o Meta Model: The architecture of the stacking model consists of one meta-
model, which helps to best combine the predictions of the base models.
The meta-model is also known as the level-1 model.
o Level-1 Prediction: The meta-model learns how to best combine the
predictions of the base models and is trained on different predictions made
by individual base models, i.e., data not used to train the base models are
fed to the meta-model, predictions are made, and these predictions, along
with the expected outputs, provide the input and output pairs of the training
dataset used to fit the meta-model.

Steps to implement Stacking models:

There are some important steps to implementing stacking models in

machine learning. These are as follows:

o Split training data sets into n-folds using

the RepeatedStratifiedKFold as this is the most common
approach to preparing training datasets for meta-models.
o Now the base model is fitted with the first fold, which is n-1, and
it will make predictions for the nth folds.
o The prediction made in the above step is added to the x1_train
list.
o Repeat steps 2 & 3 for remaining n-1folds, so it will give x1_train
array of size n,
o Now, the model is trained on all the n parts, which will make
predictions for the sample data.
o Add this prediction to the y1_test list.
o In the same way, we can find x2_train, y2_test, x3_train, and
y3_test by using Model 2 and 3 for training, respectively, to get
Level 2 predictions.
o Now train the Meta model on level 1 prediction, where these
predictions will be used as features for the model.
o Finally, Meta learners can now be used to make a prediction on
test data in the stacking model.
How stacking works?
1. We split the training data into K-folds just like K-fold cross-validation.
2. A base model is fitted on the K-1 parts and predictions are made for
Kth part.
3. We do for each part of the training data.
4. The base model is then fitted on the whole train data set to calculate
its performance on the test set.
5. We repeat the last 3 steps for other base models.
6. Predictions from the train set are used as features for the second level
model.
7. Second level model is used to make a prediction on the test set.

Blending –

Blending is a similar approach to stacking.

• The train set is split into training and validation sets.

• We train the base models on the training set.
• We make predictions only on the validation set and the test set.
• The validation predictions are used as features to build a new model.
• This model is used to make final predictions on the test set using the
prediction values as features.

4. Gradient boosting
Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM) is one of the most popular forward learning
ensemble methods in machine learning. It is a powerful technique for building
predictive models for regression and classification tasks.
GBM helps us to get a predictive model in form of an ensemble of weak
prediction models such as decision trees. Whenever a decision tree performs as a
weak learner then the resulting algorithm is called gradient-boosted trees.

It enables us to combine the predictions from various learner models and build a
final predictive model having the correct prediction.

How do GBM works?

Generally, most supervised learning algorithms are based on a single predictive
model such as linear regression, penalized regression model, decision trees, etc.
But there are some supervised algorithms in ML that depend on a combination of
various models together through the ensemble. In other words, when multiple
base models contribute their predictions, an average of all predictions is adapted
by boosting algorithms.

Gradient boosting machines consist 3 elements as follows:

o Loss function
o Weak learners
o Additive model

Let's understand these three elements in detail.

1. Loss function:

Although, there is a big family of Loss functions in machine learning that can be
used depending on the type of tasks being solved. The use of the loss function is
estimated by the demand of specific characteristics of the conditional distribution
such as robustness. While using a loss function in our task, we must specify the
loss function and the function to calculate the corresponding negative gradient.
Once, we get these two functions, they can be implemented into gradient boosting
machines easily. However, there are several loss functions have been already
proposed for GBM algorithms.

Classification of loss function:

Based on the type of response variable y, loss function can be classified into
different types as follows:

1. Continuous response, y ∈ R:
o Gaussian L2 loss function
o Laplace L1 loss function
o Huber loss function, δ specified
o Quantile loss function, α specified
2. Categorical response, y ∈ {0, 1}:
o Binomial loss function
o Adaboost loss function
3. Other families of response variables:
o Loss functions for survival models
o Loss functions count data
o Custom loss functions

2. Weak Learner:
Weak learners are the base learner models that learn from past errors and help in
building a strong predictive model design for boosting algorithms in machine
learning. Generally, decision trees work as a weak learners in boosting
algorithms.

Boosting is defined as the framework that continuously works to improve the

output from base models. Many gradient boosting applications allow you to
"plugin" various classes of weak learners at your disposal. Hence, decision trees
are most often used for weak (base) learners.

How to train weak learners:

Machine learning uses training datasets to train base learners and based on the
prediction from the previous learner, it improves the performance by focusing on
the rows of the training data where the previous tree had the largest errors or
residuals. E.g. shallow trees are considered weak learner to decision trees as it
contains a few splits. Generally, in boosting algorithms, trees having up to 6 splits
are most common.

Below is a sequence of training the weak learner to improve their performance

where each tree is in the sequence with the previous tree's residuals. Further, we
are introducing each new tree so that it can learn from the previous tree's errors.
These are as follows:

1. Consider a data set and fit a decision tree into it.

F1(x)=y
2. Fit the next decision tree with the largest errors of the previous tree.
h1(x)=y?F1(x)
3. Add this new tree to the algorithm by adding both in steps 1 and 2.
F2(x)=F1(x)+h1(x)
4. Again fit the next decision tree with the residuals of the previous tree.
h2(x)=y?F2(x)
5. Repeat the same which we have done in step 3.
F3(x)=F2(x)+h2(x)

f(x)=B∑b=1fb(x)

Hence, trees are constructed greedily, choosing the best split points based
on purity scores like Gini or minimizing the loss.

3. Additive Model:
The additive model is defined as adding trees to the model. Although we should
not add multiple trees at a time, only a single tree must be added so that existing
trees in the model are not changed. Further, we can also prefer the gradient
descent method by adding trees to reduce the loss.

EXTREME GRADIENT BOOSTING MACHINE

(XGBM)
XGBM is the latest version of gradient boosting machines which also works very
similar to GBM. In XGBM, trees are added sequentially (one at a time) that learn
from the errors of previous trees and improve them. Although, XGBM and GBM
algorithms are similar in look and feel but still there are a few differences between
them as follows:
 o XGBM uses various regularization techniques to reduce under-fitting or
over-fitting of the model which also increases model performance more
than gradient boosting machines.
o XGBM follows parallel processing of each node, while GBM does not
which makes it more rapid than gradient boosting machines.
o XGBM helps us to get rid of the imputation of missing values because by
default the model takes care of it. It learns on its own whether these values
should be in the right or left node.

Light Gradient Boosting Machines (Light GBM)

Light GBM is a more upgraded version of the Gradient boosting machine due to
its efficiency and fast speed. Unlike GBM and XGBM, it can handle a huge
amount of data without any complexity. On the other hand, it is not suitable for
those data points that are lesser in number.

Instead of level-wise growth, Light GBM prefers leaf-wise growth of the nodes
of the tree. Further, in light GBM, the primary node is split into two secondary
nodes and later it chooses one secondary node to be split. This split of a secondary
node depends upon which between two nodes has a higher loss.

5.Random Forest
Random Forest algorithm is a powerful tree learning technique in Machine
Learning. It works by creating a number of Decision Trees during the training
phase. Each tree is constructed using a random subset of the data set to measure
a random subset of features in each partition. This randomness introduces
variability among individual trees, reducing the risk of overfitting and improving
overall prediction performance. In prediction, the algorithm aggregates the results
of all trees, either by voting (for classification tasks) or by averaging (for
regression tasks) This collaborative decision-making process, supported by
multiple trees with their insights, provides an example stable and precise results.
How Does Random Forest Work?

The random Forest algorithm works in several steps which are discussed below–
>

• Ensemble of Decision Trees: Random Forest leverages the power

of ensemble learning by constructing an army of Decision Trees. These
trees are like individual experts, each specializing in a particular aspect of
the data. Importantly, they operate independently, minimizing the risk of
the model being overly influenced by the nuances of a single tree.

• Random Feature Selection: To ensure that each decision tree in the

ensemble brings a unique perspective, Random Forest employs random
feature selection. During the training of each tree, a random subset of
features is chosen. This randomness ensures that each tree focuses on
different aspects of the data, fostering a diverse set of predictors within the
ensemble.

• Bootstrap Aggregating or Bagging: The technique of bagging is a

cornerstone of Random Forest’s training strategy which involves creating
multiple bootstrap samples from the original dataset, allowing instances to
be sampled with replacement. This results in different subsets of data for
each decision tree, introducing variability in the training process and
making the model more robust.

• Decision Making and Voting: When it comes to making predictions, each

decision tree in the Random Forest casts its vote. For classification tasks,
the final prediction is determined by the mode (most frequent prediction)
 across all the trees. In regression tasks, the average of the individual tree
predictions is taken. This internal voting mechanism ensures a balanced
and collective decision-making process.

Key Features of Random Forest

Some of the Key Features of Random Forest are discussed below–>

1. High Predictive Accuracy: Imagine Random Forest as a team of decision-

making wizards. Each wizard (decision tree) looks at a part of the problem,
and together, they weave their insights into a powerful prediction tapestry.
This teamwork often results in a more accurate model than what a single
wizard could achieve.

2. Resistance to Overfitting: Random Forest is like a cool-headed mentor

guiding its apprentices (decision trees). Instead of letting each apprentice
memorize every detail of their training, it encourages a more well-rounded
understanding. This approach helps prevent getting too caught up with the
training data which makes the model less prone to overfitting.

3. Large Datasets Handling: Dealing with a mountain of data? Random

Forest tackles it like a seasoned explorer with a team of helpers (decision
trees). Each helper takes on a part of the dataset, ensuring that the
expedition is not only thorough but also surprisingly quick.

4. Variable Importance Assessment: Think of Random Forest as a

detective at a crime scene, figuring out which clues (features) matter the
most. It assesses the importance of each clue in solving the case, helping
you focus on the key elements that drive predictions.

5. Built-in Cross-Validation: Random Forest is like having a personal coach

that keeps you in check. As it trains each decision tree, it also sets aside a
secret group of cases (out-of-bag) for testing. This built-in validation
ensures your model doesn’t just ace the training but also performs well on
new challenges.

6. Handling Missing Values: Life is full of uncertainties, just like datasets

with missing values. Random Forest is the friend who adapts to the
situation, making predictions using the information available. It doesn’t get
flustered by missing pieces; instead, it focuses on what it can confidently
tell us.

7. Parallelization for Speed: Random Forest is your time-saving buddy.

Picture each decision tree as a worker tackling a piece of a puzzle
 simultaneously. This parallel approach taps into the power of modern tech,
making the whole process faster and more efficient for handling large-scale
projects.

Preparing Data for Random Forest Modeling

For Random Forest modeling, some key-steps of data preparation are discussed
below:

• Handling Missing Values: Begin by addressing any missing values in the

dataset. Techniques like imputation or removal of instances with missing
values ensure a complete and reliable input for Random Forest.

• Encoding Categorical Variables: Random Forest requires numerical

inputs, so categorical variables need to be encoded. Techniques like one-
hot encoding or label encoding transform categorical features into a format
suitable for the algorithm.

• Scaling and Normalization: While Random Forest is not sensitive to

feature scaling, normalizing numerical features can still contribute to a
more efficient training process and improved convergence.

• Feature Selection: Assess the importance of features within the dataset.

Random Forest inherently provides a feature importance score, aiding in
the selection of relevant features for model training.

• Addressing Imbalanced Data: If dealing with imbalanced classes,

implement techniques like adjusting class weights or employing
resampling methods to ensure a balanced representation during training.

Advantages of Random Forest

1. Reduced Overfitting:
o By averaging multiple trees, Random Forest reduces the risk of
overfitting compared to a single decision tree.
2. Robustness:
o It is robust to outliers and noise in the data.
3. Feature Importance:
o Random Forest provides insights into feature importance, helping in
feature selection and understanding the data.
4. Versatility:
o It can be used for both classification and regression problems.

Disadvantages of Random Forest

 1. Computational Complexity:
o Training many trees and aggregating their results can be
computationally intensive, especially with large datasets and many
trees.
2. Interpretability:
o While individual decision trees are easy to interpret, the ensemble of
many trees is more challenging to interpret.

Applications:
Healthcare: Disease prediction, medical diagnosis, genomics.

Finance: Credit scoring, fraud detection, risk management.

Marketing: Customer segmentation, churn prediction, recommendation

systems.

E-commerce: Product classification, price optimization, inventory

management.

Agriculture: Crop yield prediction, disease detection, soil quality analysis.

Environment: Wildlife conservation, environmental monitoring, forest cover

classification.

Manufacturing: Quality control, predictive maintenance, supply chain

optimization.

Transportation: Traffic prediction, route optimization, accident prediction.

Energy: Energy consumption forecasting, renewable energy production, fault

detection.

Sports: Performance analysis, game outcome prediction.

Text and Image Analysis: Sentiment analysis, image classification, natural

language processing.

Random Forest vs. Other Machine Learning Algorithms

Some of the key-differences are discussed below.

Feature Random Forest Other ML Algorithms

Typically relies on a single

Utilizes an ensemble of model (e.g., linear
decision trees, combining regression, support vector
Ensemble
their outputs for machine) without the
Approach
predictions, fostering ensemble approach,
robustness and accuracy. potentially leading to less
resilience against noise.

Some algorithms may be

Resistant to overfitting due
prone to overfitting,
to the aggregation of
Overfitting especially when dealing with
diverse decision trees,
Resistance complex datasets, as they
preventing memorization of
may excessively adapt to
training data.
training noise.

Exhibits resilience in
Other algorithms may
handling missing values by
require imputation or
Handling of leveraging available
elimination of missing data,
Missing Data features for predictions,
potentially impacting model
contributing to practicality
training and performance.
in real-world scenarios.

Provides a built-in Many algorithms may lack

mechanism for assessing an explicit feature
Variable variable importance, aiding importance assessment,
Importance in feature selection and making it challenging to
interpretation of influential identify crucial variables for
factors. predictions.

Capitalizes on
Some algorithms may have
parallelization, enabling the
limited parallelization
Parallelization simultaneous training of
capabilities, potentially
Potential decision trees, resulting in
leading to longer training
faster computation for large
times for extensive datasets.
datasets.