Operations research and knowledge discovery: A data mining method applied to health care management

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-170

  Delesie, L ^a   Croes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Datamining; Health care management; Knowledge discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006442551     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2000.tb00192.x     Document Type: Article

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