Pruning

What is Pruning?

Pruning is a compression technique in machine learning and search algorithms that reduces the size of decision trees by removing sections of the tree that are non-critical and redundant to classify instances.

Where did the term "Pruning" come from?

A technique to reduce the complexity of models.

How is "Pruning" used today?

Used to reduce the size of decision trees and neural networks.

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