Combining survival analysis and neural networks to predict life expectancy

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 9, Issue 12 A, 2012, Pages 140-151

  Iliadis, Lazaros ^a   Kitikidou, Kyriaki ^a   Skoulariki, Kassiani ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Cox regression; Health status; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864702248     PISSN: 09740635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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