Tree diagram

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The term tree diagram is used in different ways in different disciplines.

  • In mathematics and statistical methods, a tree diagram is used to determine the probability of getting specific results where the possibilities are nested. Example
  • 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 (see X-bar theory), 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.

See also Tree (disambiguation) for tree structures which may not involve diagrams.

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