Selection of surgical residents: A neural network approach

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-430

  Aggarwal, Ajay K ^a   Travers, Steven D ^b   Scott Conner, Carol E H ^c  

^a Millsaps College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS; SURGERY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RESIDENTS;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0034211859     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019697200124775     Document Type: Article

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