# A Massively Parallel SMC Sampler for Decision Trees +
## 4 Bayesian Decision Trees
### Sequential Monte Carlo
; supervision, P.G.S. and S.M. ; project administration and funding acquisition, S.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This work was supported by a UK EPSRC Doctoral Training Award and a UK EPSRC Big Hypothesis Award. **Data Availability Statement:** No new data were created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article. **Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflicts of interest. ## References

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