decision tree
noun
: a tree diagram which is used for making decisions in business or computer programming and in which the branches represent choices with associated risks, costs, results, or probabilities
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In the traditional model, thousands of agents handled IT tickets, following decision trees, escalating issues, and closing cases.
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Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But that doesn’t change the reality of an offseason decision tree that has a lot more dead branches than promising buds.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Viterbi-algorithm decision trees can be plotted in a latticelike trellis diagram, an approach Forney and his colleagues say is much simpler than writing out formulas and logical if-then statements.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But that doesn’t change the reality of an offseason decision tree that has a lot more dead branches than promising buds.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Viterbi-algorithm decision trees can be plotted in a latticelike trellis diagram, an approach Forney and his colleagues say is much simpler than writing out formulas and logical if-then statements.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
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“Decision tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decision%20tree. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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