Utilising neural network applications to enhance efficiency in the healthcare industry: Predicting populations of future chronic illness

International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-383

  Kudyba, Stephan ^a   Hamar, G Brent ^b   Gandy, William M ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HEALTHWAYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision support systems; Healthcare management; Neural networks; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750967052     PISSN: 17438187     EISSN: 17438195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIDM.2006.010780     Document Type: Article

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