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.. Manuel Guenther <manuel.guenther@idiap.ch>
.. Thu Sep  4 10:53:22 CEST 2014

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=============================
 Bob's extension to boosting
=============================

The package implements a generalized boosting framework, which incorporates different boosting approaches.

Installation
------------
To install this package -- alone or together with other `Packages of Bob <https://github.com/idiap/bob/wiki/Packages>`_ -- please read the `Installation Instructions <https://github.com/idiap/bob/wiki/Installation>`_.
For Bob_ to be able to work properly, some dependent packages are required to be installed.
Please make sure that you have read the `Dependencies <https://github.com/idiap/bob/wiki/Dependencies>`_ for your operating system.

Documentation
-------------
For further documentation on this package, please read the `Stable Version <http://pythonhosted.org/bob.learn.boosting/index.html>`_ or the `Latest Version <https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/latest/bioidiap/bob.learn.boosting/master/index.html>`_ of the documentation.
For a list of tutorials on this or the other packages ob Bob_, or information on submitting issues, asking questions and starting discussions, please visit its website.

.. _bob: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob
