An approach for predicting and describing patient outcome using multicriteria decision analysis and decision rules

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 984-997

  Niki Kunene, K ^a   Roland Weistroffer, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Multicriteria decision analysis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AMBULATORY TRANSPORTATION; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34848894576     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.02.054     Document Type: Article

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