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A Bayesian Decision Tree Algorithm

10 Jan 2019arXiv:1901.03214archive 2025-07-28

Giuseppe Nuti, Lluís Antoni Jiménez Rugama, Andreea-Ingrid Cross

Bayesian Decision Trees are known for their probabilistic interpretability. However, their construction can sometimes be costly. In this article we present a general Bayesian Decision Tree algorithm applicable to both regression and classification problems. The algorithm does not apply Markov Chain Monte Carlo and does not require a pruning step. While it is possible to construct a weighted probability tree space we find that one particular tree, the greedy-modal tree (GMT), explains most of the information contained in the numerical examples. This approach seems to perform similarly to Random Forests.

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