Abductive network committees for improved classification of medical data

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-201

  Abdel Aal, R E ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abductive networks; Classification accuracy; Committee of expert; Dermatology; Diabetes; Ensemble methods; Heart disease; Medical diagnosis; Network committee; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2642540162     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633858     Document Type: Article

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