A reliable ensemble based approach to semi-supervised learning

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Highlights:

• We observe a shortage of easy-to-use wrapper methods for semi-supervised learning.

• The RESSEL method is introduced which combines ensemble- and semi-supervised learning.

• RESSEL is shown to improve upon supervised- and semi-supervised wrapper methods.

• An ablation study and parameter sensitivity study are conducted.

• The suitability of learners for self-training based on their ranking ability is investigated.

摘要

•We observe a shortage of easy-to-use wrapper methods for semi-supervised learning.•The RESSEL method is introduced which combines ensemble- and semi-supervised learning.•RESSEL is shown to improve upon supervised- and semi-supervised wrapper methods.•An ablation study and parameter sensitivity study are conducted.•The suitability of learners for self-training based on their ranking ability is investigated.

论文关键词:Ensemble learning,Out-of-bag error,Ranking,Self-training,Semi-supervised learning,Wrapper

论文评审过程:Received 15 July 2020, Revised 18 November 2020, Accepted 29 December 2020, Available online 14 January 2021, Version of Record 20 January 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2021.106738