Novelty detection using one-class parzen density estimator. An application to surveillance of nosocomial infections

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-26

  Cohen, Gilles ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data Imbalance; Infection control; Nosocomial Infections; One Class Classification; Parzen density estimator; Pattern Recognition

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

DATA IMBALANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; ONE-CLASS CLASSIFICATION; PARZEN DENSITY ESTIMATOR; CLASSIFICATION TASKS; NOVELTY DETECTION; REAL PROBLEMS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 44349143433     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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