Development of a structural equation modeling-based decision tree methodology for the analysis of lung transplantations

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-166

  Oztekin, Asil ^a   Kong, Zhenyu James ^a   Delen, Dursun ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Lung transplantation; PLS path model; Structural equation modeling; UNOS

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DECISION TREE CONSTRUCTION; INTERPRETABILITY; LUNG TRANSPLANT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PLS PATH MODEL; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNOS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79951514902     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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