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Building on the ideas of Viola-Jones [1] we present a framework for training cascades of boosted ensembles (CoBE) which introduces further modularity and tractability to the training process. It addresses the challenges faced by CoBE frameworks such as protracted runtimes, slow layer convergences and classifier optimization. The framework possesses the ability to bootstrap positive samples and may in turn be extended into the domain of incremental learning. This paper aims to address our frameworkâs susceptibility to overfitting with possible solutions. Experiments are conducted on face detectors using the bootstrapping of large positive datasets and their accuracy, with respect to overfitting, is examined.
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Susnjak, T., Barczak, A.L., Hawick, K.A. (2010). A Modular Approach to Training Cascades of Boosted Ensembles. In: Hancock, E.R., Wilson, R.C., Windeatt, T., Ulusoy, I., Escolano, F. (eds) Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition. SSPR /SPR 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6218. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14980-1_63
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