Decision Trees, Explained

How to train them and how they work, with working code examples

A big decision tree in Zimbabwe. Image by author.

In this post we’re going to discuss a commonly used machine learning model called decision tree. Decision trees are preferred for many applications, mainly due to their high explainability, but also due to the fact that they are relatively simple to set up and train, and the short time it takes to perform a prediction with a decision …

artificial intelligence classification decision decision-tree explained machine learning regression trees