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

See also Tree (disambiguation)
Tree (disambiguation)

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The term tree diagrams 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.
  • In physics, a tree diagram is an acyclic connected Feynman diagram
    Feynman diagram

    In quantum field theory a Feynman diagram is an intuitive graphical representation of a contribution to the transition amplitude or correlation function of a quantum mechanical or statistical field theory....
    .
  • In linguistics, a parse tree
    Parse tree

    A parse tree or concrete syntax tree is an tree that represents the syntax structure of a string according to some formal grammar. In a parse tree, the interior nodes are labeled by nonterminals of the grammar, while the leaf nodes are labeled by terminal symbol of the grammar....
     is one way to visually represent the structure of a sentence (see X-bar theory
    X-bar theory

    X-bar theory is a component of linguistics theory which attempts to identify syntactic features common to all languages. It claims that among their phrasal categories, all languages share certain structural similarities, including one known as the "X-bar", which does not appear in traditional phrase structure rules....
    ), a syllable, or phonological feature geometry.
  • In biology: phylogenetics
    Phylogenetics

    In biology, phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms , which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices....
    .
  • A game tree
    Game tree

    In combinatorial game theory, a game tree is a directed graph whose node s are positions in a game and whose edge s are moves. The complete game tree for a game is the game tree starting at the initial position and containing all possible moves from each position....
     is a tree diagram used to find and analyze potential moves in a game.
  • A decision tree
    Decision tree

    A decision tree is a decision support tool that uses a tree-like Diagram or Causal model of decisions and their possible consequences, including chance event outcomes, resource costs, and utility....
     is used in operations research.
  • A HyperbolicTree
    HyperbolicTree

    In Web development jargon and Visualization , a hyperbolic tree defines a visualization method for a Graph inspired by hyperbolic geometry....
    : a visualization method for a graph inspired by hyperbolic geometry.


See also Tree (disambiguation)
Tree (disambiguation)

A tree is a woody plant.Tree may also refer to:*Tree structure, a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form...
 for tree structures which may not involve diagrams.