A horizontal tree, growing to the right. I created a basic style for tree nodes, and derived styles for specific kinds of nodes.
Full explanation in Chapter 9, Creating Graphics: Growing a tree.
Edit and compile if you like:% Decision tree % Author: Stefan Kottwitz % https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/latex-cookbook \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \tikzset{ treenode/.style = {shape=rectangle, rounded corners, draw, align=center, top color=white, bottom color=blue!20}, root/.style = {treenode, font=\Large, bottom color=red!30}, env/.style = {treenode, font=\ttfamily\normalsize}, dummy/.style = {circle,draw} } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} [ grow = right, sibling distance = 6em, level distance = 10em, edge from parent/.style = {draw, -latex}, every node/.style = {font=\footnotesize}, sloped ] \node [root] {Formula} child { node [env] {equation} edge from parent node [below] {single-line?} } child { node [dummy] {} child { node [dummy] {} child { node [env] {align\\flalign} edge from parent node [below] {at relation sign?} } child { node [env] {alignat} edge from parent node [above] {at several} node [below] {places?} } child { node [env] {gather} edge from parent node [above] {centered?} } edge from parent node [below] {aligned?} } child { node [env] {multline} edge from parent node [above, align=center] {first left,\\centered,} node [below] {last right}} edge from parent node [above] {multi-line?} }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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