What are the advantages of logistic regression over decision trees? This question was originally answered on Quora by Claudia Perlich.

A tree diagram in math is a tool that helps calculate the number of possible outcomes of a problem and cites those potential outcomes in an organized way.

This month we'll look at classification and regression trees (CART), a simple but powerful approach to prediction 3. Unlike logistic and linear regression, CART does not develop a prediction equation.

Regression trees are applied to evaluate system performance – using two water quality and two economic performance metrics. Regression trees facilitated insights into the significance of uncertain ...