"Jump discontinuities" in visual plots led to use of data mining decision trees as an ideal form of analysis useful in obtaining a profit exploration pattern from the British Columbia database.

Stephen P. Curram, John Mingers, Neural Networks, Decision Tree Induction and Discriminant Analysis: An Empirical Comparison, The Journal of the Operational Research ...

The stochastic decision tree method builds on concepts used in the risk analysis method and the decision tree method of analyzing investments. It permits the use of subjective probability estimates or ...