The American Journal of Managed Care

Risk Classification of Medicare HMO Enrollee Cost Levels Using a Decision-Tree Approach

Objective: To determine whether classification tree techniques used on survey data collected at enrollment from older adults in a Medicare HMO could predict the likelihood of an individual being in a ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Binary Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree

Binary Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets and when the trained model must be easily ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Multi-Class Classification Using a scikit Decision Tree

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

Using classification and regression trees (CART) to support worker decision making

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 ...