Computational methods for probabilistic decision trees

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Clark, David E ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031080239     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1997.1438     Document Type: Article

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