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.

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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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