Data mining in pharmacovigilance: Computational cost as a neglected performance parameter

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-323

  Hauben, Manfred ^a,b,c,d   Madigan, David ^e   Hochberg, Alan M ^f   Reisinger, Stephanie J ^f   O'Hara, Donald J ^f  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ProSanos Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; CHI SQUARE TEST; COST CONTROL; DATA MINING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOTE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548700834     PISSN: 13649027     EISSN: 14735679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00124363-200721050-00001     Document Type: Note

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