Regularized regression outperforms trees for predicting cognitive function in the Health and Retirement Study by Kyle Masato Ishikawa, Deborah Taira, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Matthew Uechi, James Davis, Eunjung Lim

“…Methods: Data from the 2018 to 2020 Health and Retirement Study was used to create three linear regression models and three tree-based models. Ten percent of the sample was withheld for estimating performance, and model tuning used five-fold cross validation with two repeats. …”
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Translation and validation of the Thai clinical frailty scale and classification tree in older adults by Panas Jesadaporn, Siripong Teepaneeteerakul, Nuttanun Wongsarikan, Kochaphan Phirom, Supannika Poonthananiwatkul, Panita Limpawattana

“…This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Thai versions of the CFS (CFS-Thai) and its Classification Tree (CFS-CT-Thai). Methods In this cross-sectional study, 213 participants aged ≥ 65 years (127 outpatients and 86 inpatients) were enrolled from two tertiary care hospitals in Thailand. …”
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Modelling the growth stress in tree branches: eccentric growth vs. reaction wood by Van Rooij, Arnoul, Badel, Eric, Barczi, Jean-François, Caraglio, Yves, Almeras, Tancrede, Gril, Joseph

“…This work aims to model the mechanical processes used by tree branches to control their posture despite their increasing weight loading. …”
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Sentinel imagery detects the presence of live trees following large wildfires in California by Christopher Y S Wong, Micah C Wright, Phillip J van Mantgem, Andrew M Latimer, Derek J N Young

“…Errors were mainly false positives attributed to pixels with green understory vegetation but no live trees. In cross-site inference, which involved pooling two sites for model calibration to test on the third site, the all bands model retained good performance (76%–81% accuracy). …”
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Study on the structural function and motion performance of pneumatic flexible tree-climbing robot. by Hongbo Liu, Zhipan Gou

“…The experimental results show that, according to the gait planning and its control sequence for climbing trees, the robot can carry loads to complete functions of climbing upwards, climbing downwards, and crossing obstacles at different inclination angles by alternately coordinating waist deformation and leg clamping through the air pressure control system. …”
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Identification of pollination compatibility and exploration of distance of pollinizer trees for rough skin strains of Majiayou by XU Chenyu, HE Yi, ZHANG Li, CHENG Hanyuan, ZHU Wanwan, ZHAO Zhenmei, WU Hao, WU Juxun, YI Hualin

“…[Objective] The study identified the S-genotype of the rough-skinned strains of Citrus maxima ‘Majiayou’ (Cupi Majiayou), clarified pollination compatibility among the main varieties of Majiayou, and explored the comprehensive quality Majiayou under different distances from the pollinizer trees so as to provide references for the quality improvement with better arrangement of pollinizer trees for Majiayou. …”
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Framework for the Georeferencing and Processing of BikePack LiDAR Data for Urban Tree Mapping by C. Zhao, S. Hyung, R. Manish, S.-Y. Shin, S. Park, S. Fei, A. Habib

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Tree Growth Yield and Fruit Quality of Different Apple Cultivars Trained as Super Spindle by Emine Kucuker, Kenan Yildiz, Yakup Ozkan

“…This study was carried out on Topaz, Cooper 39 and Muscat apple cultivars grafted on M27 rootstocks under Tokat ecological conditions during 2008 - 2010. The trees planted in 2.0 m x 0.5 m row spacing (10,000 trees ha-1) and trained to super spindle (SS) training system. …”
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Prediction of Post-Diagnostic Decisions for Tested Hand Grenades’ Fuzes Using Decision Trees by Dariusz AMPUŁA

“…The article presents a brief history of creation of decision trees and defines the purpose of the undertaken works. …”
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Factors influencing adoption of cocoa agroforestry in Ghana: Analysis based on tree density choice by Joseph Amerino, Clever Kwasi Apedo, Benjamin Tetteh Anang

“…This study therefore explored the typology of cocoa agroforestry (AF) in Ghana and the drivers of adoption using cross-sectional data from cocoa producers in Ghana’s Sefwi Wiawso Municipal. …”
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Decision tree for severity assessment of neurodegenerative diseases using possibility approach and gait dynamics by Preeti Khera, Ashok Kumar, Rajat Kapila

“…The proposed framework achieved a high coefficient of determination (R2 ≈ 0.90) and low error rates with stratified 10-fold cross-validation. Comparatively, it outperformed conventional DT models. …”
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Using tree-based models to identify factors contributing to trait negative affect in adults by Catalina Cañizares, Yvonne Gómez-Maquet, Eugenio Ferro, Carlos Arturo Torres, Diana María Agudelo, Gabriel Odom

“…The regression tree model was trained with 5-fold cross-validation on 75% of the sample, with 25% of observations held for testing. …”
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Feature Fusion to Improve YOLOv8 for Segmenting and Classifying Aerial Images of Tree Crowns by Ziyi Sun, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang, Jan Schindler

“…We first design a network architecture based on YOLOv8 that is optimized for the characteristics of our dataset, enabling effective segmentation of densely distributed tiny and small tree crowns. Moreover, YOLOv8-FF incorporates a FF mechanism that includes both cross-scale and same-scale fusion methods, enhancing the model’s ability to integrate information across different layers and scales, thereby improving segmentation performance. …”
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Mining hypertension predictors using decision tree: Baseline data of Kharameh cohort study by abbas Rezaianzadeh, Samane Nematolahi, maryam jalali, Shayan Rezaeianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Seyed Vahid Hosseini

“… Background: Hypertension is a serious chronic disease and an important risk factor for many health problems. this study aimed to investigate the factors associated with hypertension using a decision-tree algorithm. Methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in Kharameh city between 2014-2017 through census. …”
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Enhancing Hierarchical Classification in Tree-Based Models Using Level-Wise Entropy Adjustment by Olga Narushynska, Anastasiya Doroshenko, Vasyl Teslyuk, Volodymyr Antoniv, Maksym Arzubov

“…This paper addresses these challenges by proposing a novel integration of tree-based models with hierarchical-aware split criteria through adjusted entropy calculations. …”
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A Stepwise decision tree model for differential diagnosis of Kimura’s disease in the head and neck by Rui Luo, Gongxin Yang, Huimin Shi, Yining He, Yongshun Han, Zhen Tian, Yingwei Wu

“…Predictors for distinguishing KD included lesion’s location, ADCs, lymphadenopathy, and sizes (all p < 0.001). The decision-tree model achieved an impressive 99.0% accuracy in the differential diagnosis across the overall cohort, with a 10-fold cross-validated misclassification risk of 0.079 ± 0.024. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Bahasa Indonesia pada Twitter Menggunakan Struktur Tree Berbasis Leksikon by Feby Tri Saputra, Yani Nurhadryani, Sony Hartono Wijaya, Defina Defina

“…The tree-based method is tested on cross-topic data such as the tweet data of the 2018 West Java Governor Election, the 2019 Presidential Election, and the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Australian Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil: an updated review of antimicrobial and other medicinal properties by Andrea Bugarcic, Esther Joy Bowles, Kate Summer, Tamara Agnew, Bronwyn Barkla, Romy Lauche

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A Comparison of Decision Tree Algorithms for Indoor User Localization Using Wireless Signal Strength by Ebru Efeoğlu

“…The study uses 10- fold cross validation as the performance analysis method. …”
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Orthopedic Boot-Tree 3D Design by means of the Integral Curves of Solutions of Differential Equations by Merab Shalamberidze, Zaza Sokhadze, Malvina Tatvidze

“…To construct the shapes of the main cross sections of the orthopedic boot-tree, we have used the integral curves to the suitable second-order differential equations. …”
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