Regression trees represent one of the most popular tools in predictive data mining applications. However, their performances severely degrade in the presence of highly-skewed and/or long-tailed error distributions, and especially for grossly mis-measured values of the dependent variable. In this paper, these issues are discussed from both a theoretical and a practical point of view, and some recent proposals to overcome these difficulties are presented.

Some issues on robustness of regression trees

GALIMBERTI, GIULIANO;PILLATI, MARILENA;SOFFRITTI, GABRIELE
2009

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Regression trees represent one of the most popular tools in predictive data mining applications. However, their performances severely degrade in the presence of highly-skewed and/or long-tailed error distributions, and especially for grossly mis-measured values of the dependent variable. In this paper, these issues are discussed from both a theoretical and a practical point of view, and some recent proposals to overcome these difficulties are presented.
2009
Classification and Data Analysis 2009
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G. Galimberti; M. Pillati; G. Soffritti
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