Author

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2004

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.

Abstract

In the literature, there has been limited research that systematically investigates the possibility of exercising a hybrid approach by simply learning from the output of numerous base-level learners. We analyze a hybrid learning approach upon the systems that had previously been worked with twenty-four different classifiers. Instead of relying on only one classifier's judgment, it is expected that taking into account the opinions of several learners is a wise decision. Moreover, by using clustering techniques some base-level classifiers were eliminated from the hybrid learner input. We had three different experiments each with a different number of base-level classifiers. We empirically show that the hybrid learning approach generally yields better performance than the best selected base-level learners and majority voting under some conditions.

Extent

143 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2004.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT13162

Format

pdf

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