Comments on: Quote of the Week, June 20, 2007 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/2007/quote-of-the-week-june-20-2007/ Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: hlee http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/2007/quote-of-the-week-june-20-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-36 hlee Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:16:50 +0000 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/2007/quote-of-the-week-june-20-2007/#comment-36 <p>To my knowledge, CART is a creation of Leo Breiman, late probabilist and professor of statistics. He grew not only a single tree but (random) forests. Surprisingly, <strong>trees</strong> attracted computer scientists more than statisticians. Search for "Leo Breiman" in the AstroStat Slog or http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/?s=leo+breiman for more information</p> To my knowledge, CART is a creation of Leo Breiman, late probabilist and professor of statistics. He grew not only a single tree but (random) forests. Surprisingly, trees attracted computer scientists more than statisticians. Search for “Leo Breiman” in the AstroStat Slog or http://groundtruth.info/AstroStat/slog/?s=leo+breiman for more information

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