On Complexity of Deterministic and Nondeterministic Decision Trees for Conventional Decision Tables from Closed Classes

Entropy (Basel). 2023 Oct 3;25(10):1411. doi: 10.3390/e25101411.

Abstract

In this paper, we consider classes of conventional decision tables closed relative to the removal of attributes (columns) and changing decisions assigned to rows. For tables from an arbitrary closed class, we study the dependence of the minimum complexity of deterministic and nondeterministic decision trees on the complexity of the set of attributes attached to columns. We also study the dependence of the minimum complexity of deterministic decision trees on the minimum complexity of nondeterministic decision trees. Note that a nondeterministic decision tree can be interpreted as a set of true decision rules that covers all rows of the table.

Keywords: closed classes of decision tables; deterministic decision trees; nondeterministic decision trees.