What is the infinite ensemble interpretation of Random Forest?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Random Forest can be viewed as averaging predictions over an infinite population of randomized trees.
Deep explanation
The theoretical view treats Random Forest as an expectation over a distribution of decision trees induced by bootstrap sampling and feature randomness. Instead of finite summation, RF approximates E[T(x)] where T is a random tree function. As n_estimators → ∞, the estimator converges to this expectation, reducing variance while preserving structural bias.
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