Decision tree analysis is a method of constructing a decision tree, which is a detailed representation of numerous potential solutions that can be utilized to address a specific problem to choose the ...

The Arkansas Department of Education withdrew a multimillion-dollar contract with Solution Tree from consideration by state lawmakers, leaving in doubt whether the agency will have a firm providing ...

Solution Tree's existing agreements with the Education Department are set to expire at the end of the month. Earlier this year, the firm submitted a proposed contract that would have cost the state ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says the technique is easy to tune, works well with small datasets and produces highly interpretable predictions, but there are also trade-off cons. The goal ...

After earlier explaining how to compute disorder and split data in his exploration of machine learning decision tree classifiers, resident data scientist Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research now ...

With K–12 schools heading back into session for the fall, leaders face a difficult decision—planning for a post-stimulus environment and making the investments that have the biggest impact on student ...