Artificial neural networks for infant mortality modelling

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-247

  Gismondi, Ronaldo C ^a   Almeida, Renan Moritz Varnier R ^b   Infantosi, Antonio Fernando C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Infant mortality; Neural networks; Non linear modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INFANT MORTALITY RATES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIETY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0036877096     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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