Prediction of survival in patients with liver cancer using artificial neural networks and classification and regression trees

Proceedings - 2011 7th International Conference on Natural Computation, ICNC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 811-815

  Chen, Cheng Mei ^a,b   Hsu, Chien Yeh ^a   Chiu, Hung Wen ^a   Rau, Hsiao Hsien ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; classification and regression trees; liver cancer; prediction model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CART MODELS; CHI-SQUARE TESTS; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES; DATA MINING TECHNOLOGY; EXPERT CONSULTATION; INPUT VARIABLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CANCERS; MEDICAL CENTER; NORTHERN TAIWAN; PREDICTION MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

DISEASES; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 80053389359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICNC.2011.6022187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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