Using T3, an improved decision tree classifier, for mining stroke-related medical data

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 523-529

  Tjortjis, C ^a   Saraee, M ^b   Theodoulidis, B ^c   Keane, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted decision making; Decision tree classification; Knowledge based systems; Medical data mining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STROKE;

EID: 35349021062     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/ME0317     Document Type: Article

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