Decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets that have a relatively simple underlying structure, and when the trained model must be easily interpretable, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of ...

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What is a Decision Tree? A decision tree is a visual and logical model used to guide decision-making or make predictions. It breaks down complex problems into a sequence of simpler choices. Each point ...

A decision tree is a machine learning technique that can be used for binary classification or multi-class classification. A multi-class classification problem is one where the goal is to predict the ...