Lennert-Cody, Cleridy E.; Berk, Richard A. - In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 170 (2007) 3, pp. 671-689
As a special case of statistical learning, ensemble methods are well suited for the analysis of opportunistically collected data that involve many weak and sometimes specialized predictors, especially when subject-matter knowledge favours inductive approaches. We analyse data on the incidental...