A reliable time-series method for predicting arthritic disease outcomes: New step from regression toward a nonlinear artificial intelligence method.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The interrupted time-series (ITS) concept is performed using linear regression to evaluate the impact of policy changes in public health at a specific time. Objectives of this study were to verify, with an artificial intelligence-based nonlinear approach, if the estimation of ITS data could be facilitated, in addition to providing a computationally explicit equation.

Authors

  • Hossein Bonakdari
    Department of Civil Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran and Water and Wastewater Research Center, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran E-mail: bonakdari@yahoo.com.
  • Jean-Pierre Pelletier
    Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Johanne Martel-Pelletier
    Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. jm@martelpelletier.ca.