Does SAS provide an example or implementation of AdaBoost?

[crunchit]

Is there information available on whether SAS offers a procedure for Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost)?

[sbxkoenk]

Hello,

Is there a specific reason you absolutely want the AdaBoost loss function?
Or would gradient boosting fit your purpose as well?

SAS Tutorial | Gradient Boosting Explained
SAS Users YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wDoiSo8trc

BR, Koen

[crunchit]

Hi,

Thanks for responding. There's no specific reason, and i believe gradient boosting is an option, too. In fact, there's no clear superior difference between the 2 since they are both tree-based algorithms based on weak learners. I just wondered if there is one for Adaboost for exploring and comparison. Easy to end up in rabbit hole with google searches.

[sbxkoenk]

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@crunchit wrote:

Easy to end up in rabbit hole with google searches.

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You can do a search for AdaBoost 

on lexjansen.com!

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Koen

[sbxkoenk]

I also do my Google searches this way to make sure I get back some relevant content:

• AdaBoost site:lexjansen.com
• AdaBoost site:blogs.sas.com
• AdaBoost site:communities.sas.com
• AdaBoost site:documentation.sas.com

Koen

[crunchit]

Is there information available on whether SAS offers a procedure for Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost)?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Do a Google search for "adaptive boosting in sas"; it finds several papers describing adaboost implementations with SAS.

[crunchit]

Thanks @Kurt_Bremser  thanks for your suggestion. If it's not a huge ask, can you please share a good one you found? It's quite easy to end up in a rabbit hole with Google searches, and the reason I reached out to this forum. Much appreciated.

[Kurt_Bremser]

I merged your posts.