Analysis of meal patterns with the use of supervised data mining techniques - Artificial neural networks and decision trees

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1632-1642

  Hearty, Áine P ^a   Gibney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CODING; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION TREES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449104411     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26619     Document Type: Article

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