Combining Neural Networks and Statistical Predictions to Solve the Classification Problem in Discriminant Analysis*
提出一种新方法，将统计工具与神经网络的预测结合，生成比单独使用任一技术更准确的复合预测，帮助决策者选择分类工具。
A number of recent studies have compared the performance of neural networks (NNs) to a variety of statistical techniques for the classification problem in discriminant analysis. The empirical results of these comparative studies indicate that while NNs often outperform the more traditional statistical approaches to classification, this is not always the case. Thus, decision makers interested in solving classification problems are left in a quandary as to what tool to use on a particular data set. We present a new approach to solving classification problems by combining the predictions of a well‐known statistical tool with those of an NN to create composite predictions that are more accurate than either of the individual techniques used in isolation.