What is the entropy rate interpretation of Random Forest ensembles?

Updated May 17, 2026

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Random Forest reduces entropy rate of prediction uncertainty through averaging.

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Each tree reduces local entropy by partitioning space. The ensemble reduces global entropy rate by averaging multiple independent entropy-reducing processes. This leads to a more stable posterior class distribution estimate across feature space.

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