carlosrcoelho/Decision_tree_implementation

Descision Tree implementation

This code is an implementation of a Decision Tree classifier from scratch using Python. Here's what each part of the code does:

1. Entropy Calculation (entropy function):

   • Calculates the entropy of a given set of labels (y) using the formula for entropy in information theory.

2. Node Class:

   • Represents nodes in the decision tree.
   • Stores information about each node, including the feature to split on, threshold value, child nodes (left and right), and value (if the node is a leaf node).

3. DecisionTree Class:

   • Initializes and builds the decision tree.
   • Contains methods to fit the tree to the training data (fit), predict labels for new data (predict), and grow the tree recursively (_grow_tree).

4. fit Method:

   • Grows the tree from the root node using the _grow_tree method.

5. _grow_tree Method:

   • Recursively builds the decision tree based on conditions like maximum depth, minimum samples to split a node, and number of unique labels.
   • Conducts a greedy search to find the best feature and threshold to split on, creating child nodes accordingly.

6. Other Helper Methods:

   • _best_criteria: Determines the best feature and threshold to split on based on information gain.
   • _information_gain: Calculates the information gain using entropy.
   • _split: Splits the data based on a threshold value.
   • _most_common_label: Finds the most common label in a given set.

7. predict Method:

   • Uses the trained decision tree to predict labels for new data by traversing the tree.

8. _traverse_tree Method:

   • Traverses the tree recursively to predict the label for a single data point.

This implementation constructs a decision tree by recursively choosing splits that maximize information gain, using entropy as a measure of impurity. The tree is then used for prediction based on the learned structure.