Using Markov models to find interesting patient pathways

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 713-718

  McClean, Sally ^a   Garg, Lalit ^a   Meenan, Brian ^a   Millard, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES; GERIATRIC PATIENTS; MARKOV MODELLING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 34748880048     PISSN: 10637125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CBMS.2007.121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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