The effect of class imbalance on case selection for case-based classifiers: An empirical study in the context of medical decision support

Neural Networks

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-145

  Malof, Jordan M ^a,c   Mazurowski, Maciej A ^b   Tourassi, Georgia D ^b,d  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case selection; Case based reasoning; Class imbalance; Computer aided decision

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; BREAST MASS; CASE SELECTIONS; CLASS IMBALANCE; CLASSIFIER PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DECISION; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; K-NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLASSIFIER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SCREENING MAMMOGRAM;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CASE BASED REASONING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINARY CLASSIFICATION PROBLEM; BREAST TUMOR; CASE BASED CLASSIFIER; CLASS IMBALANCE; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; MACHINE LEARNING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 82355169734     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: 18792782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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