Dynamic decision analysis in medicine: A data-driven approach

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-28

  Cao, Cungen ^a   Leong, Tze Yun ^a   Leong, Adrian P K ^b   Seow, Francis C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Bayesian learning; Databases; Dynamic decision analysis; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEDICINE; PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN LEARNING; DYNAMIC DECISION ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BAYES THEOREM; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 0032123212     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(98)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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