Classification trees and decision-analytic feedforward control: A case study from the video game industry

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-342

  Brydon, Michael ^a   Gemino, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision tree analysis; Probability estimation trees; Real options; Video game development

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MINING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES;

ANALYTIC MODELING; CASE STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION TREES; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DATA-MINING ALGORITHMS; DATA-MINING SOFTWARE; DECISION ANALYSIS TOOLS; DECISION TREE ANALYSIS; FEED FORWARD; GAME DEVELOPMENT; MARKET RESEARCHES; MARKET SUCCESS; OPTION VALUE; PREDICTIVE MODELING; PROBABILITY ESTIMATION TREES; REAL OPTIONS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS; SALES DATA; VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT; VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 50549101028     PISSN: 13845810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10618-007-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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