Boosting is an ensemble meta-algorithm for reducing bias and variance in supervised learning. It is based on the question of whether weak learners can be combined to create a strong learner, which was answered affirmatively by Robert Schapire in 1990. Boosting algorithms are used to turn weak learners into strong ones, and Freund and Schapire's arcing technique is synonymous with boosting.
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