Glossary term
Glossary term
Foundations
In a decision tree, a condition that has only two possible outcomes, typically yes or no. For example, the following is a binary condition:
temperature >= 100
Contrast with non-binary condition.
See Types of conditions in the Decision Forests course for more information.
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A risk team writes a decision tree where each split is a binary condition like income greater than 50,000 or credit utilization above 0.3.
A propensity team uses binary conditions in its segmentation tree so each branch corresponds to a single, auditable customer attribute threshold.
A marketing analytics team prefers trees with binary conditions because campaign managers can read each rule as a clear yes-or-no question.
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