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Search trees are widely used to represent the different states that a problem cem adopt, example is shown in Figure 9.4 from which it should be clear where the name deri especially if the page is turned upside down. A tree contains nodes that are connected edges. The presence of an edge indicates that the two nodes it connects ctre related in so way. Each node represents a state that the system may adopt. The root node represents initial state of the system. Terminal nodes have no child nodes. A goal node is a special k of terminal node that corresponds to Em acceptable solution to the problem. 

Tree representation of the conformation search problem for hexane. Unlike the tree in Figure 9.4 the path gth from the root node to any of the terminal nodes is constant. 

Linked lists—Data items linked by pointers. In the general form, each item, except the first, has one predecessor, and each item, except the last, has one successor, with pointers linking items to their successors. Doubly linked lists have pointers to both the predecessor and the successor of an item and a circular list has a pointer from the final item to the initial item (producing a predecessor to the initial item and a successor to the final item). Restricted lists also exist, such as stacks, where items may only be added (pushed) or deleted (popped) at one end (the top), and queues, where items must be inserted at one end and deleted from the other. Trees are linked lists in which each item (node) except the root node has one predecessor, but all nodes may have any finite number, or zero, successors graphs contain both nodes and edges, which connect the nodes and define their relationships. 

The construction starts at the root node of the tree, where all the available (x, y) pairs are initially placed. One identifies the particular split or test, s, that maximizes a given measure of information gain (Shannon and Weaver, 1964), 0(.s). The definition of a split, s, involves both the choice of the decision variable and the threshold to be used. Then, the (x, y) root node pairs are divided according to the best split found, and assigned to one of the children nodes emanating fi-om it. The information gain measure, 0is), for a particular parent node t, is... 

The procedure for generating a decision tree consists of selecting the variable that gives the best classification, as the root node. Each variable is evaluated for its ability to classify the training data using an information theoretic measure of entropy. Consider a data set with K classes, Cj, I = Let M be the total number of training examples, and let... 

The large size of the solution space for combinatorial optimization problems forces us to represent it implicitly. The branch-and-bound algorithm encodes the entire solution space in a root node, which is successively expanded into branching nodes. Each of these nodes represents a subset of the original solution space specialized to contain some particular element of the problem structure. 

Upper bounds on the objective function can be found from any feasible solution to (3-110), with y set to integer values. These can be found at the bottom or leaf nodes of a branch and bound tree (and sometimes at intermediate nodes as well). The top, or root, node in... 

All possible evolutions of the demands for three periods are depicted by means of a scenario tree in Figure 9.3. The numbers above each node represent the possible outcomes of the demands and thus the possible observations. Each path from the root node to a leaf of the tree represents a single scenario a>. Each scenario contains one of all possible combinations of the demand outcomes. With two different realizations per period, the scenario tree for three periods consists of 2 = 23 = 8 scenarios. The demands for period i = 4 are not considered in the figure because... 

Figure 10.4 shows a BB tree, with the root node corresponding to the original rectangle, and each node onthe second level associated with one of these four partitions. Let ft(x) be the underestimating function for the partition associated with node i. The lower bounds shown next to each node are illustrative and are derived by minimizing ft(x) over its partition using any local solver, and the upper bounds... 

Rule 6 orients the molecule, collecting the vertices and edges in the proper order. To accomplish this, all root nodes are collected. Starting from each root, the primary chain of the notation is chosen using the longest path of notation symbols, breaking any tie by choosing the chain which ends in the latest notation symbol (Rule 2). 

The basic ideas in a branch and bound algorithm are outlined in the following. First we make a reasonable effort to solve the original problem (e.g., considering a relaxation of it). If the relaxation does not result in a 0 - 1 solution for the y-variables, then we separate the root node into two or more candidate subproblems at level 1 and create a list of candidate subproblems. We select one of the candidate subproblems of level 1, we attempt to solve it, and if its solution is integral, then we return to the candidate list of subproblems and select a new candidate subproblem. Otherwise, we separate the candidate subproblem into two or more subproblems at level 2 and add its children nodes to the list of candidate subproblems. We continue this procedure until the candidate list is exhausted and report as optimal solution the current incumbent. Note that the finite termination of such a procedure is attained if the set of feasible solutions of the original problem (P), denoted as FS(P) is finite. 

The linear programming LP relaxation of the MILP model is the most frequently used type of relaxation in branch and bound algorithms. In the root node of a binary tree, the LP relaxation of the MILP model of (1) takes the form ... 

Solving the linear programming relaxation at the root node, we obtain as solution... 

Using the depth first search with backtracking, we obtain the optimal solution in node 5 as shown in Figure 5.2, and we need to consider 6 nodes plus the root node of the tree. 

The application of CT analysis to the pH data in Table 18.4 generated a CT (Figure 18.1). The CT is interpreted by reading from the root node (node 1) at the top of the tree to the terminal nodes (nodes 3,4, and 5) at the bottom. The nodes are numbered in the top left comer. Before the splitting... 

We are now able to state the hierarchical cross-classification procedure. The root node of the partition tree corresponds to the pair (X,Y). At the first level a fuzzy partition P = A, A2 of X is computed. Let Y = y, y, ...,y be the characteristics set induced by A and A2- We then have... 

The chapters and sections are given as an ordered tree (the root node book with five successors is not shown). The tree in preorder visit of its nodes delivers the table of contents, i.e. the order of reading, if a reader goes completely through the text, from its beginning to its end. 

The root nodes of each tree structure are connected, corresponding to each variable under consideration. In each single tree, the deterministic trend information and the random factors are all accounted for. The rationale behind using the multivariate tree structure is to be able to capture the correlations among variables. Here, the connection among variables is arbitrary, and the apparent parent-child connection does not really imply the parent-child dependence, but it is just a way to model the relation be-... 

Maximal-Tree Building. To build the maximal tree, one needs to choose the best splitter to divide each root node into two child nodes. The measure of a good split is the impurity decrease between the parent node and its children ... 

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