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Boosting algorithms are a family of machine learning techniques used for regression and classification tasks. The core idea behind boosting is to sequentially build a strong predictive model from a series of weak learners. A weak learner is a model that performs only slightly better than random guessing. Boosting algorithms iteratively train these weak learners, with each new learner focusing on correcting the errors made by the previous ones.

The process typically starts with an initial weak learner. Then, subsequent learners are trained, giving more weight to the data points that were misclassified or poorly predicted by the earlier learners. This iterative process continues until a predetermined number of learners have been created or the performance on a validation set stops improving. The final strong model is usually an ensemble of all the trained weak learners, where their predictions are combined, often through a weighted average or voting scheme.

Popular examples of boosting algorithms include AdaBoost (Adaptive Boosting), Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM), and XGBoost (Extreme Gradient Boosting). AdaBoost was one of the earliest and most influential boosting algorithms. Gradient Boosting Machines generalize the boosting concept by using gradient descent optimization to minimize a loss function. XGBoost is a highly optimized and efficient implementation of gradient boosting that incorporates regularization techniques to prevent overfitting and improve performance. Boosting algorithms are known for their high accuracy but can sometimes be computationally intensive and prone to overfitting if not carefully tuned.