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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.
Deep explanation
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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