Hello there,recently I came across this term,but really have no idea what it refers to.I've searched online,but with little gain. Thanks.
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In machine learning bootstrapping is iterative training on a known set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(machine_learning)
leonm
2010-09-16 09:35:21
+1
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If you don't have enough data to train your algorithm you can increase the size of your training set by (uniformly) randomly selecting items and duplicating them (with replacement).
Michael Clerx
2010-09-18 14:02:14