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Decision Tree
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Decision tree
Schematic way of representing alternative sequential decisions and the possible outcomes from these decisions.

Decision Tree
In risk analysis, a diagram of decisions and their potential consequences. It is used to help determine the most straightforward (and cheapest) way to arrive at a stated goal. It is represented by potential decisions (drawn as squares), branching off into different proximate consequences (drawn as circles), and potential end results (drawn as triangles).


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4 facilitates tailored customer interaction experiences by enabling business processes to follow decision-tree logic, and its real-time collection of customer data adds to the business intelligence of companies.
1) In a decision-tree analysis based on data from patients at an STD clinic, the majority of factors that distinguished those who had an STD diagnosed from those who tested negative for all STDs reflected patients' reasons for engaging in intercourse or emotional reactions to having sex.
In addition to its new security and report management features, this version also offers a standalone application for creating robust incident entry templates in flexible decision-tree formats.
 
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