What is the role of entropy subadditivity in Random Forest aggregation?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Entropy subadditivity explains why ensemble averaging reduces overall uncertainty.

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Entropy is subadditive under mixtures: the entropy of an averaged distribution is less than or equal to the sum of individual entropies. Random Forest averages multiple probability distributions from trees, leading to smoother and lower-variance uncertainty estimates across the feature space.

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