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Predictive Learning and Decision Trees

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Ensemble Methods in Data Mining

Part of the book series: Synthesis Lectures on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery ((SLDMKD))

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In this chapter, we provide an overview of predictive learning and decision trees. Before introducing formal notation, consider a very simple data set represented by the following data matrix:

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Seni, G., Elder, J.F. (2010). Predictive Learning and Decision Trees. In: Ensemble Methods in Data Mining. Synthesis Lectures on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01899-2_2

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