Ensemble techniques

Reading tips: Extra reading material

Why would ensemble techniques perform better than a single network/classifier?

List the covered ensemble techniques.

Describe the techniques listed as Boosting techniques.

Describe the techniques listed as Bagging techniques.

Domain assumptions, representation etc

Reading tips: lecture notes

Give examples of how data may have to be processed before it can be given to an ANN.

Give important issues concerning representation of data.

Different ANNs make different assumptions about the data, what are these assumptions?

Describe how generalization can be improved.