Table 1 Parameters of the predictive model alongside descriptions.

From: When the crowd gets it wrong – the limits of collective wisdom in machine learning

Parameter

Meaning

L

size of the group of available independent judges

H

size of the group of available dependent judges

p

probability that a seat during the hearing is occupied by a judge from the group of independent judges

\(n_{L}\)

# of training samples for independent judges

\(n_{H}\)

# of training samples for dependent judges

N

# of seats per hearing (judges per decision/group size)

M

# of hearings (size of the test set)