diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 88c1552..adb1c41 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ # Decision Tree -A Ruby library which implements ID3 (information gain) algorithm for decision tree learning. Currently, continuous and discrete datasets can be learned. +A Ruby library which implements [ID3 (information gain)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3_algorithm) algorithm for decision tree learning. Currently, continuous and discrete datasets can be learned. - Discrete model assumes unique labels & can be graphed and converted into a png for visual analysis - Continuous looks at all possible values for a variable and iteratively chooses the best threshold between all possible assignments. This results in a binary tree which is partitioned by the threshold at every step. (e.g. temperate > 20C) ## Features - ID3 algorithms for continuous and discrete cases, with support for inconsistent datasets. -- Graphviz component to visualize the learned tree (http://rockit.sourceforge.net/subprojects/graphr/) -- Support for multiple, and symbolic outputs and graphing of continuos trees. +- [Graphviz component](http://rockit.sourceforge.net/subprojects/graphr/) to visualize the learned tree +- Support for multiple, and symbolic outputs and graphing of continuous trees. - Returns default value when no branches are suitable for input ## Implementation -- Ruleset is a class that trains an ID3Tree with 2/3 of the training data, converts it into a set of rules and prunes the rules with the remaining 1/3 of the training data (in a C4.5 way). +- Ruleset is a class that trains an ID3Tree with 2/3 of the training data, converts it into a set of rules and prunes the rules with the remaining 1/3 of the training data (in a [C4.5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4.5_algorithm) way). - Bagging is a bagging-based trainer (quite obvious), which trains 10 Ruleset trainers and when predicting chooses the best output based on voting. -Blog post with explanation & examples: http://www.igvita.com/2007/04/16/decision-tree-learning-in-ruby/ +[Blog post with explanation & examples](http://www.igvita.com/2007/04/16/decision-tree-learning-in-ruby/) ## Example @@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ puts "Predicted: #{decision} ... True decision: #{test.last}" ## License -The MIT License - Copyright (c) 2006 Ilya Grigorik +The [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) - Copyright (c) 2006 Ilya Grigorik