Machine Learning School

M14-ENSEMBLE: Ensemble Methods

11h 0min
Homogeneous and heterogeneous ensembles, dependent and independent models; bagging, random forests; boosting, gradient boosting; stacking

Main Content
Acquisition
1 Lecture content
Content: – Ensembles; – Homogeneous, heterogeneous; – Independent models (e.g. bagging), dependent models (e.g. boosting); – Bagging, random forests; – Boosting: – AdaBoost; – Gradient boosting; – Stacking;

2h 0min
Practice
2 Colab Notebooks
A set of colab notebooks, regarding especially these topics: – Ensembles, homogeneous: – XGBoost, LightGBM; – Ensembles, heterogeneous: – Voting; – Stacking; – ...

3h 0min
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Investigation
3 Independent study time + review
The estimated additional time required for studying the material independently, using the lecture videos/slides and also referencing other literature and material, as necessary. Facilitates correct understanding of the material. This activity also includes the time required for review before exams.

5h 30min
Assessment
4 Quiz activities
Quiz activities meant to provide quick, unassessed feedback to students regarding their grasp of the material.

30 min