Neural networks, Input filters, Diversity of classifiers, Ensemble of classifiers

This paper discusses possibilities how to use input filters to improve performance in ensemble of neural-networks-based classifiers. The proposed method is based on filtering of input vectors in the used training set, which minimize demands on data preprocessing. Our approach comes out from a technique called boosting, which is based on the principle of combining a large number of so-called weak classifiers into a strong classifier. In the experimental study, we verified that such classifiers are able to sufficiently classify the submitted data into predefined classes without knowledge of details of their significance.