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The purpose of "Decision Tree (Multiway) operator" is?

APAP Member Posts: 37 Contributor II
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The purpose of "Decision Tree (Multiway) operator" is? The help just emphasizes "The Decision Tree (Multiway) operator is a nested operator i.e. it has a subprocess. The subprocess must have a Tree learner i.e. an operator that expects an ExampleSet and generates a Tree model. ",what is the  unique function of this operator ?

in addition，the result of its attached tutorial process  is empty


Answers

  • jwpfaujwpfau Employee, Member Posts: 303 RM Engineering
    Hi,

    you have to select an element on the left.



    The Decision Teree (Multiway) is a grouped model that additionally applies discretization based on the results of it's inner tree model.

    Greetings,
    Jonas
  • APAP Member Posts: 37 Contributor II
    what is the meaning of “grouped model”？
  • APAP Member Posts: 37 Contributor II
    What is the necessity of introducing this operator?
  • APAP Member Posts: 37 Contributor II
    In the tutorial process，When you use “Decision Tree (Multiway)”，You will get  as below，But when you not use “Decision Tree (Multiway)”，You will get just the same，What's the necessity of  “Decision Tree (Multiway)”？

  • jwpfaujwpfau Employee, Member Posts: 303 RM Engineering
    Hi AP,

    the main difference is the multisplit vs the binary tree, for the motivation of the algorithm i can only cite this paper.

    ...it dramatically reduces tree complexity without hurting classifier accuracy at a reasonable cost. Moreover, knowledge workers (the executives, analysts, and managers who employ decision support systems) usually feel more comfortable with multi-way splits than with binary trees, and this is also true for numerical attributes. 

    Greeting,
    Jonas
  • APAP Member Posts: 37 Contributor II
    edited March 2023
    But when you use operator“Decision Tree” alone and set its parameter “criterion” to“gain_ratio”(Just as it is in the operator "Decision Tree (Multiway)"),you will the same multiway tree







  • jwpfaujwpfau Employee, Member Posts: 303 RM Engineering
    Hi AP,

    It may look the same, but one is a binary tree the other one could have multiple categorical splits.

    Greetings,
    Jonas
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