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    Machine learning foundations· book· 1984

    Classification and Regression Trees

    Leo Breiman (first author) · 1984

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    DOI 10.2307/2530946OpenAlex W1594031697

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    Why it matters

    Defined CART methodology, including regression trees, impurity-based splitting, pruning, and tree-based prediction.

    Condensed from the expert lists' notes.

    The record

    First released
    1984 (from OpenAlex)
    Citations
    23,528 citations, as counted by OpenAlex (CC0)
    Named by
    both expert lists

    Editor's notes

    • Classed as book: Breiman, Friedman, Olshen and Stone's 1984 monograph. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

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