October learnings – Decision Trees

Week of 10/18/21 – 10/24/21

  • Decision Trees
  • Gini Index
  • Entropy
  • Information gain
  • Pruning

References

  1. Older Adults data
    1. Let’s Write a Decision Tree Classifier from Scratch – Machine Learning Recipes #8 – Youtube video (includes a sample code)
    2. Decision and Classification Trees, Clearly Explained!!! – explains Gini index well and how to build a decision tree
    3. Regression Trees, Clearly Explained!!!
    4. How to Implement Decision Trees in Python (Train, Test, Evaluate, Explain) — python implementation using a decision tree model from sklearn
    5. Lecture 10 – Decision Trees and Ensemble Methods | Stanford CS229: Machine Learning (Autumn 2018) — theoretical knowledge source – first one hour is on decision trees
    6. Decision Tree Full Course | #9. Build a Decision Tree in Python — python implementation using a decision tree model from sklearn and plots the decision tree
    7. Decision Trees in Python from Start to Finish — python implementation , a more comprehensive video
    8. Using Decision Trees for Risk Analysis

2. Report on the Use of Assistive Robotics to Aid Persons with Disabilities