That entire map is complete and utter baloney as a general guide, though it may mean something in terms of skikit-learn. Hastie has a decent classification of

That entire map is complete and utter baloney as a general guide, though it may mean something in terms of skikit-learn. Hastie has a decent classification of the strengths and weaknesses of different learning algorithms in his book. It's not a decision tree. It will never be a decision tree.