Title
Handling Missing Values using Decision Trees with Branch-Exclusive Splits.
Abstract
In this article we propose a new decision tree construction algorithm. The proposed approach allows the algorithm to interact with some predictors that are only defined in subspaces of the feature space. One way to utilize this new tool is to create or use one of the predictors to keep track of missing values. This predictor can later be used to define the subspace where predictors with missing values are available for the data partitioning process. By doing so, this new classification tree can handle missing values for both modelling and prediction. The algorithm is tested against simulated and real data. The result is a classification procedure that efficiently handles missing values and produces results that are more accurate and more interpretable than most common procedures.
Year
Venue
Field
2018
arXiv: Machine Learning
Data mining,Decision tree,Feature vector,Subspace topology,Computer science,Common procedures,Linear subspace,Missing data,Data partitioning,Decision tree learning
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1804.10168
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cédric Beaulac101.01
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal235743.06