Selection of predictor variables for pneumonia using neural networks and genetic algorithms

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Heckerling, Paul S ^a,d   Gerber, B S ^a,b   Tape, T G ^c   Wigton, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Genetic algorithms; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 16244378865     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633927     Document Type: Article

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