How to implement decision tree with c# (visual studio 2008) - Help

Question

I have a decision tree that i need to turn to a code in C#

The simple way of doing it is using if-else statements but in this solution i will need to create 4-5 nested c

Answer 1

Below is the Tomas Petricek's code mentioned in the answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/3889544/5288052 .

The zip containing all the source code of the book "Real-World Functional Programming" is available here https://www.manning.com/books/real-world-functional-programming .

// Section 8.4.2 Decision trees in C#

// Listing 8.15 Object oriented decision tree (C#)

abstract class Decision {
  // Tests the given client 
  public abstract void Evaluate(Client client);
}

class DecisionResult : Decision {
  public bool Result { get; set; }
  public override void Evaluate(Client client) {
    // Print the final result
    Console.WriteLine("OFFER A LOAN: {0}", Result ? "YES" : "NO");
  }
}


// Listing 8.16 Simplified implementation of Template method
class DecisionQuery : Decision {
  public string Title { get; set; }
  public Decision Positive { get; set; }
  public Decision Negative { get; set; }
  // Primitive operation to be provided by the user
  public Func Test { get; set; }

  public override void Evaluate(Client client) {
    // Test a client using the primitive operation
    bool res = Test(client);
    Console.WriteLine("  - {0}? {1}", Title, res ? "yes" : "no");
    // Select a branch to follow
    if (res) Positive.Evaluate(client);
    else Negative.Evaluate(client);
  }
}

static void MainDecisionTrees()
{
  // The tree is constructed from a query
  var tree =
      new DecisionQuery
      {
        Title = "More than $40k",
        // Test is specified using a lambda function
        Test = (client) => client.Income > 40000,
        // Sub-trees can be 'DecisionResult' or 'DecisionQuery'
        Positive = new DecisionResult { Result = true },
        Negative = new DecisionResult { Result = false }
      };

  // Test a client using this tree
  // Create client using object initializer
  var john = new Client {
      Name = "John Doe", Income = 40000, YearsInJob = 1,
      UsesCreditCard = true, CriminalRecord = false 
    };
  tree.Evaluate(john);
}

private static void Main(string[] args)
{
  MainDecisionTrees();
}