The goal of a machine learning regression problem is to predict a single numeric value. For example, you might want to predict the annual income of a person based on their sex (male or female), age, ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says the technique is easy to tune, works well with small datasets and produces highly interpretable predictions, but there are also trade-off cons. The goal ...

A decision tree can help you make tough choices between different paths and outcomes, but only if you evaluate the model correctly. Decision trees are graphic models of possible decisions and all ...

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 ...

Balancing water quality standards while facilitating economic growth with uncertain factors in a complex system is challenging for policy makers. This case study analyses the fictional town of Fortuna ...

Several approaches can be taken to predict case membership in the classes of a dependent variable. Classification and regression trees (CART) analysis has been cited repeatedly as a powerful ...