Research on Decision Tree Algorithm Based on Information Entropy

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.267.732
• Publication Date: 2011-07-04T15:17:07Z
• Authors: Ming Du; Shu Mei Wang; Gu Gong
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

Decision tree is an important learning method in machine learning and data mining ,this paper discusses the method of choosing the best attribute based on information entropy .It analyzes the process and the characters of classification and the discovery knowledge based on decision tree about the application of decision tree on data mining .Through an instance ,the paper shows the procedure of selecting the decision attribute in detail ,finally it pointes out the developing trends of decision tree.