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One trigger at the root, then a branch per condition, fanning forward and never rejoining. Every leaf is one complete outcome, so you can hang a count on it: of the last 16 times, this is where nine of them ended. That makes the tree a way to choose and also a way to sort past cases, which is how you test whether the condition you blame is really the one splitting your outcomes.

One trigger at the root, then a branch per condition, fanning forward and never rejoining. Every leaf is one complete outcome, so you can hang a count on it: of the last 16 times, this is where nine of them ended. That makes the tree a way to choose and also a way to sort past cases, which is how you test whether the condition you blame is really the one splitting your outcomes.

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Best when you suspect one condition decides most outcomes, and you have past cases you can sort onto the leaves.

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