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Ensembleyhdistelmät, often translated as ensemble methods or combining models, is a technique in machine learning where multiple individual models are trained and then their predictions are combined to produce a final, often more accurate, prediction than any single model could achieve alone. This approach leverages the diversity of different models to reduce error and improve generalization.

The core idea behind ensembleyhdistelmät is that while individual models may have their own weaknesses and biases, by combining them, these weaknesses can be mitigated. Different models might learn different aspects of the data or make different types of errors. When their predictions are aggregated, the errors of one model can be offset by the correct predictions of another. This leads to a more robust and reliable outcome.

Common methods for creating ensembleyhdistelmät include bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating) and boosting. Bagging involves training multiple instances of the same model on different random subsets of the training data, and then averaging their predictions. Boosting, on the other hand, trains models sequentially, with each new model focusing on correcting the errors made by the previous ones. Other ensemble techniques include stacking, where the predictions of multiple diverse models are used as input features for a meta-model, and voting, where each model's prediction is given a vote, and the majority vote determines the final prediction.

The effectiveness of ensembleyhdistelmät often depends on the diversity of the individual models. If all models are very similar, the ensemble may not offer significant improvement over a single model. Therefore, using models with different algorithms, or models trained on different subsets of data or with different feature sets, can lead to more beneficial ensembles.