Cost-sensitive learning in medicine

Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management: Cases and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 57-75

  Freitas, Alberto ^a,b   Brazdil, Pavel ^a,b   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CINTESIS ^*  (Portugal)

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EID: 80955146219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-218-3.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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