Ensembles of Multi-Instance Neural Networks

: Recently, multi-instance classification algorithm BP-MIP and multi-instance regression algorithm BP-MIR both based on neural networks have been proposed. In this paper, neural network ensemble techniques are introduced to solve multi-instance learning problems, where BP-MIP ensemble and BP-MIR ensemble are constructed respectively. Experiments on benchmark and artificial data sets show that ensembles of multi-instance neural networks are superior to single multi-instance neural networks in solving multi-instance problems. Key words: machine learning; multi-instance learning; neural networks; neural network ensemble.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: IFIP12
• Authors: Min-Ling Zhang, Zhi-Hua Zhou
• Keywords: IFIP12 2004, IFIP12 2007, Multi-instance Neural Networks, Neural Network, Neural Network Ensemble