METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PREFERRED NODE IN A CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE FOR USE IN A PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS

• Main Authors: ARNDT KARLA K, CAFFREY JAMES M, PAYTON ASPEN L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.04.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; PHYSICS

Techniques are described for determining what node of a classification and regression tree (CART) should be used by a predictive analysis application. A first approach is to use a standard deviation of the data at a given the level of the CART to determine whether data in the next, lower node is mor...