Decision trees, such as C4.5 (ref. 1), CART 2 and newer variants, are classifiers that predict class labels for data items. Decision trees are at their heart a fairly simple type of classifier ...

Decision trees, influence diagrams, the value of information; Bayesian approaches, including conjugate and predictive distributions; utility theory foundations, risk preference, multiattribute utility ...

34 potential prognostic factors were used in this analysis. Results Four classification trees (prognostic pathways or decision trees) were created, one for each outcome. The most important predictor ...