Variable Selection and Decision Trees: The DiVaS and ALoVaS Methods

In this thesis we propose a novel modification to Bayesian decision tree methods. We provide a historical survey of the statistics and computer science research in decision trees. Our approach facilitates covariate selection explicitly in the model, something not present in previous research. We def...

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Main Author: Roberts, Lucas R.
Other Authors: Statistics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70878