A comparison of Cox proportional hazards and artificial neural network models for medical prognosis

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-65

  Ohno Machado, Lucila ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards; neural networks; prognosis; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030938915     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(96)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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