Ensemble Stacking vs Blending

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You're building an ensemble that combines predictions from several base models using a meta-model. What is the key structural difference between stacking and blending as ways to train that meta-model?

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Stacking uses only tree-based base models, while blending can use any model type Stacking generates meta-model training data via k-fold out-of-fold predictions on the full training set; blending uses predictions from a single held-out validation split Blending always outperforms stacking because it uses less data Stacking requires the meta-model to be linear, while blending allows any meta-model

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Ensemble Stacking vs Blending

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