Knowledge-based data analysis: First step toward the creation of clinical prediction rules using a new typicality measure

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Kwiatkowska, Mila ^a   Atkins, M Stella ^b   Ayas, Najib T ^c   Ryan, C Frank ^c  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rules (CPRs); Data analysis; Fuzzy logic; Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Typicality measure

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY LOGIC; SEMIOTICS; SLEEP RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLINICAL PREDICTION RULES; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; TYPICALITY MEASURE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 36348984972     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.889693     Document Type: Article

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