Decision Making

This marketing diagram sample represents decision tree. It was redesigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: Decision Tree on Uploading Imagesv2.svg.
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"A decision tree is a decision support tool that uses a tree-like graph or model of decisions and their possible consequences, including chance event outcomes, resource costs, and utility. It is one way to display an algorithm.
Decision trees are commonly used in operations research, specifically in decision analysis, to help identify a strategy most likely to reach a goal. ...
A decision tree is a flowchart-like structure in which internal node represents test on an attribute, each branch represents outcome of test and each leaf node represents class label (decision taken after computing all attributes). A path from root to leaf represents classification rules.
In decision analysis a decision tree and the closely related influence diagram is used as a visual and analytical decision support tool, where the expected values (or expected utility) of competing alternatives are calculated.
A decision tree consists of 3 types of nodes:
(1) Decision nodes - commonly represented by squares.
(2) Chance nodes - represented by circles.
(3) End nodes - represented by triangles.
Decision trees are commonly used in operations research, specifically in decision analysis, to help identify a strategy most likely to reach a goal." [Decision tree. Wikipedia]
The marketing diagram example "Decision tree" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Marketing Diagrams solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This example was designed on the base of Figure 4.33 "Decision Tree Comparing Colorectal Screening Current Practice with a Targeted Family History Strategy" from the "Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Self-Study Course SS1978. Lesson 4: Displaying Public Health Data. Section 4: Other Data Displays" on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
"The graph shows a decision tree with outcomes, and probabilities. In this case, a family history decision tree has 16 potential outcomes."
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"A decision tree is a decision support tool that uses a tree-like graph or model of decisions and their possible consequences, including chance event outcomes, resource costs, and utility. It is one way to display an algorithm that only contains conditional control statements.
Decision trees are commonly used in operations research, specifically in decision analysis, to help identify a strategy most likely to reach a goal, but are also a popular tool in machine learning." [Decision tree. Wikipedia]
The diagram example "Decision tree" was designed using ConceptDraw software extended with Decision Making solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

The vector stencil library "Decision tree" contains 10 decision tree diagram building blocks.
Use it to design your decision tree diagrams.
The diagram building blocks
example "Design elements - Decision tree" is included in Decision Making solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This example was designed on the base of the Wikimedia Commons file: Derivative Works Decision Tree.svg.
"Decision tree for authorization (or not) of derivative works on Commons"
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The diagram example "Derivative works decision tree" was designed using ConceptDraw software extended with Decision Making solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

"Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is a technique designed to help prepare contingency plans. The emphasis of the PDPC is to identify the consequential impact of failure on activity plans, and create appropriate contingency plans to limit risks. Process diagrams and planning tree diagrams are extended by a couple of levels when the PDPC is applied to the bottom level tasks on those diagrams. ...
From the bottom level of some activity box, the PDPC adds levels for:
(1) identifying what can go wrong (failure mode or risks);
(2) consequences of that failure (effect or consequence);
(3) possible countermeasures (risk mitigation action plan)." [Process decision program chart. Wikipedia]
The process decision program chart (PDPC) example "Personal activity" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the solution "Seven Management and Planning Tools" from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.