A novel ensemble learning method using majority based voting of multiple selective decision trees
Abstract
Traditional decision tree algorithms are susceptible to bias when certain classes dominate the dataset and prone to overfitting, particularly if they are not pruned. Previous studies have shown that combining several models can mitigate these issues by improving predictive accuracy and robustness. In this study, we propose a novel approach to address these challenges by constructing multiple selective decision trees using the entirety of the input dataset and employing a majority voting scheme for output forecasting. Our method outperforms competing algorithms, including KNN, Decision Trees, Random Forest, Bagging, XGB, Gradient Boost, and ExtraTrees, achieving superior accuracy in five out of ten datasets. This practical exploration highlights the effectiveness of our approach in enhancing decision tree performance across diverse datasets.