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Data that requires decisions and classifications are everywhere. Decision trees help to create solid data inferences for some of the most common types of machine learning problems. To take advantage of this structure, you need to understand how to properly traverse and build rulesets from decision trees. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of decision trees, understanding how to implement the structures in Java. From here, you'll explore some different methods of tree traversals, focusing on BFS and DFS. With BFS and DFS, you'll be able to apply tree traversals to generate tree rulesets. With this knowledge, you'll be equiped to implement and traversal decision trees.
This course is for Java developers with a solid programming background, focusing on decision trees, BFS, DFS, and rule generation for machine learning and data classification.
A solid understanding of Java programming is crucial for implementing decision trees and traversal algorithms. Additionally, some familiarity with trees as a data structure will help, as decision trees rely on hierarchical structures.
By the end of this course, you'll have the skills to confidently implement tree traversal algorithms like BFS and DFS, and generate powerful rules from decision trees to tackle real-world machine learning problems.
Tree searching algorithms are a core method for traversing tree-based data structures. In this module, we'll explore the strucutre of decision trees and understand how a breadth-first and depth-first search for be applied to traverse decision tree structures.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 peer review
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4 videos•Total 22 minutes
Welcome to Traverse Trees for ML with DFS & BFS•3 minutes
Representations of Decision Trees•6 minutes
How Does Breadth-First Search Work•7 minutes
How does Depth-First Search Work•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 10 minutes
Welcome to the Course: Course Overview•5 minutes
Four Types of Tree Traversal Algorithms•5 minutes
1 peer review•Total 20 minutes
Hands-On-Learning: Building a Decision Tree in Java•20 minutes
Implementing and Analyzing Tree Traversals
Module 2•1 hour to complete
Module details
With an understanding of the theory of tree traversals, we can now move towards an implementation of our traversal algorithms. In this module, we'll explore how DFS and BFS can be implemented Java. We'll also take a look at how these algorithms can be analyzed to understand both time complexity and potential use cases.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 peer review
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3 videos•Total 19 minutes
Implementing a Depth-First Search•6 minutes
Implementing a Breadth-First Search•5 minutes
Analyzing and Determining Use Cases for Traversals•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
What is a Breadth-First Search Traversal: A Comprehensive Overview•5 minutes
1 peer review•Total 20 minutes
Hands-On-Learning: Implementing Traversals on a Full Decision Tree Structure•20 minutes
Generating Tree Rules with BFS and DFS
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
One of the main applications of BFS and DFS for decision trees is the creation of tree rules. In this module, we'll see how both BFS and DFS can be applied to generate tree rules for a decision tree. We'll also explore how these approaches compare to other common tree rule generations such as ID3 and CART.
What's included
4 videos1 reading1 assignment2 peer reviews
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4 videos•Total 21 minutes
Applying BFS to Tree Rule Generations•6 minutes
Applying DFS to Tree Rule Generations•5 minutes
Analysis of Tree Building Algorithms•7 minutes
Course Wrap-Up•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
From Decision Trees to Rule-Based Systems: A Machine Learning Prototype•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
Traverse Trees for ML with DFS & BFS•20 minutes
2 peer reviews•Total 80 minutes
Hands-On-Learning: Constructing Rules for Loan Payback Prediction•20 minutes
Project: Predicting Customer Purchase Behavior with Decision Trees•60 minutes
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