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decision tree

noun

, Logic.
  1. a tree diagram in which the selection of each branch requires that some type of logical decision be made.


decision tree

noun

  1. a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • de·cision-tree adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of decision tree1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

Then the researchers built machine building models using the Gradient Boosting Decision Tree method.

Using the dynamic Decision Tree machine learning algorithm, the research team generated a series of fire susceptibility maps.

Many companies have handed the task of answering phones to an automated decision tree, bringing in the human operator only to troubleshoot.

He earned asylum status after his wife and child were killed during a botched raid by a private military company, Decision Tree, which is under congressional scrutiny for a lucrative contract renewal.

Arman recorded the calamity, which is why he’s being targeted by off-the-books Decision Tree mercenaries in his new home in Norfolk, Va. In short order, he’s enveloped in a plot involving Norfolk police, a reporter investigating the contractor and a handful of company goons.

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