Optimizing Machine Learning Methods to Improve Predictive Models of Alzheimer's Disease.

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Predicting clinical course of cognitive decline can boost clinical trials' power and improve our clinical decision-making. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are specifically designed for the purpose of prediction; however. identifying optimal features or algorithms is still a challenge.

Authors

  • Ali Ezzati
    Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  • Andrea R Zammit
    Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  • Danielle J Harvey
    Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Christian Habeck
    Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience Division, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Charles B Hall
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  • Richard B Lipton
    Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.