The methodology used to construct tree structured rules is the focus of this monograph. Unlike many other statistical procedures, which moved from pencil and paper to calculators, this text's use of trees was unthinkable before computers. Both the practical and theoretical sides have been developed in the authors' study of tree methods. Classification and Regression Trees reflects these two sides, covering the use of trees as a data analysis method, and in a more mathematical framework, proving some of their fundamental properties. Topics covered include an introduction to tree classification, right sized trees and honest estimates, splitting rules, and mass spectra classification.

Author: Leo Breiman, Jerome Friedman, Charles J. Stone
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 01/01/1984
Series: Wadsworth Statistics/Probability
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.00w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780412048418
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