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Classification, which is the data mining task of assigning objects to predefined categories, is widely used in the process of intelligent decision making.
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Barros, R.C., de Carvalho, A.C.P.L.F., Freitas, A.A. (2015). Introduction. In: Automatic Design of Decision-Tree Induction Algorithms. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14231-9_1
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