The binomial coefficient is a concept that describes the number of ways to take a particular number out of a group. For example, when choosing two people out of five, the fact that there are a total of ten possible combinations is a result derived by the binomial coefficient. It is also a number that naturally appears when expanding polynomials and has been used extensively in the world of computation and probability.
Ensemble learning, on the other hand, is a machine learning technique that combines multiple training models to improve overall performance. Even if a single model is somewhat unstable, by collecting many of them and taking a majority vote, one can get closer to a correct decision. For example, if each of the eleven predictors has a 70% chance of being correct, the probability that a majority of them will give the correct answer is much higher than with a single model. The binomial coefficient is important here, and is used to count how many combinations will result in a majority decision.
In other words, the binomial coefficient serves as a probabilistic support for the majority decision mechanism in ensemble learning. It can be said that the binomial coefficient serves as the mathematical basis for quantifying how likely a model is to arrive at the correct answer when making a collective decision.
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