Decision tree approaches for zero-inflated count data

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 853-865

  Lee, Seong Keon ^a   Jin, Seohoon ^b  

^a Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Capital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision tree; Homogeneity; Maximum likelihood; Zero inflated Poisson (ZIP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749254233     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760600743613     Document Type: Article

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