Bias-corrected random forests in regression

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-160

  Zhang, Guoyi ^a   Lu, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

bias correction; mean squared prediction error; random forests; regression; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230810     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2011.578621     Document Type: Article

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