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A New Selection Measure for Classification Using Decision Trees

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  • B. Chandra

    (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India)

  • Gaurav Saxena

    (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India)

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The paper proposes a new selection measure for classification using decision trees for Data mining. Various algorithms have been proposed in the past for classification using decision trees viz. ID3, CART, SLIQ, etc. Selection measures like the Gain, Gain ratio, and Gini index have been proposed in these algorithms. However, none of the selection measures developed so far take into account the balancing of trees. This paper proposes a new selection measure which also takes into account the balancing of trees that will facilitate in improving the classification accuracy. The performance of the original SLIQ algorithm, C5 and the algorithm using the new selection measure (which takes into account the accuracy as well as the balance factor) was measured on the basis of the classification accuracy. Three real life data sets were chosen for this purpose.

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  • B. Chandra & Gaurav Saxena, 2004. "A New Selection Measure for Classification Using Decision Trees," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(01), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:03:y:2004:i:01:n:s0219649204000626
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649204000626
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    ID3; CART; SLIQ; Gini index; Gain ratio;
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