Tree diagram
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A tree diagram is a representation of a tree structure, a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form.
Applications
A tree diagram refers to a specific type of diagram that has a unique network topology. It can be seen as a specific type of network diagram, which in turn can be seen as a special kind of cluster diagram. For example:
- In mathematics and statistical methods, a tree diagram is used to determine the probability of getting specific results where the possibilities are nested. (See theoretical and experimental probability).
- In physics, a tree diagram is an acyclic connected Feynman diagram
- In linguistics, a parse tree is one way to visually represent the structure of a sentence, a syllable, or phonological feature geometry
- In biology: phylogenetics
- A game tree is a tree diagram used to find and analyze potential moves in a game
- A decision tree is used in operations research
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See also
- Outliners, a common software application that is used to generate tree diagrams
- Tree (disambiguation) for tree structures which may not involve diagrams
Other Uses
- The name of a supercomputer in the light novel Toaru Majutsu no Index and the manga A Certain Scientific Railgun by Kazuma Kamachi