How to Use decision tree in a Sentence

decision tree

noun
  • There is no market, no decision tree, which can guide us here.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012
  • The decision tree can start with the question of whether to stay in your house or move.
    — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Now it is writ large on the decision tree of every global leader.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But the decision tree of what to say when is the complicated part.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 28 June 2018
  • Attracted by what looked at first like an easy bargain, neither player looked down the decision tree to the end.
    — Lee Drutman, Vox, 3 Oct. 2018
  • Map the steps of this process, including complex decision trees, and then find a no-code tool to build the process as a proof of concept.
    — Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The world has a moment to analyze facts, assess risks, and create decision trees.
    — Ayesha Khan, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This prompt creates decision trees that make choices obvious.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That's where decision trees end, and the next generation of AI agents needs to begin.
    — Malte Kosub, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Our clever human brains can look ahead—through a decision tree that branches out into many potential futures—to pick the best option.
    — Nicholas Wright, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Even the myriad decision trees involved in gearing up (as hinted at in these pages) can be daunting for a beginner.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 18 June 2021
  • Create a decision tree showing how this choice could affect different areas of my business over the next 6 months.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Enlarge / Some of the maps and decision trees mapped out in the book 50 Years of Text Games.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 June 2023
  • But the bots are still constrained by their decision trees, and customer experience is based on the quality of their design.
    — Ian Gotts, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • These values were then sent on to a second form of processing, using a machine-learning approach called a decision tree.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Offer sheets for Ball and Hart will determine which branches of the decision tree flourish and which ideas die on the vine.
    — Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • Domino’s Pizza offers a good, after-the-fact demonstration of how the decision tree can work.
    — Matthieu Gombeaud, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • Build decision trees for common scenarios.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The framework could be a company credo, an internal workstream or decision tree.
    — Avery Blank, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • The decision tree includes branches for planets that don’t seem to resemble any stage of Earth history.
    — WIRED, 13 Jan. 2023
  • These decision trees make the final call about whether an account represents a problem and needs to be deactivated.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2020
  • For example, the campus could create a decision tree that helps students identify when and where to reach out to get help with their specific concerns.
    — The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Almost every path in the decision tree that leads to a deal has potentially insurmountable roadblocks.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Together, these questions, asked in sequence, constitute a decision tree.
    — Matthieu Gombeaud, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • Uber’s safety guidelines end up looking like a cross between a checklist and a decision tree, with each item flowing from that premise that its vehicles are safe to drive on public roads.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 18 July 2019
  • So while the team has plenty of questions to address this offseason, the decision tree’s roots begin at how much, and even whether, to pay Jones and Barkley.
    — Howard Megdal, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The only good way to leave one job for another is almost, leaving coaches to navigate an impossible decision tree.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The system follows a gnarled decision tree to maximize efficiency.
    — Eric Adams, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart are restricted free agents and the front office has their decision tree concerning them mostly in place.
    — Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The algorithm essentially works like a decision tree in which each branch splits the data set according to some statistical feature.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Sep. 2019

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