Machine learning vs. classic statistics for the prediction of IVF outcomes.

Journal: Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess whether machine learning methods provide advantage over classic statistical modeling for the prediction of IVF outcomes.

Authors

  • Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki
    Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, 39 Yirmiyahu Street, 9446724, Jerusalem, Israel. zoharba@ruppin.ac.il.
  • Miriam Elbaz
    Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Rachely Butterman
    Bioinformatics Department, School of Life and Health Sciences, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Devora Amar
    Bioinformatics Department, School of Life and Health Sciences, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Moshe Amitay
    Bioinformatics Department, School of Life and Health Sciences, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Catherine Racowsky
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Raoul Orvieto
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, 52561, Ramat Gan, Israel.
  • Russ Hauser
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Andrea A Baccarelli
    Laboratory of Precision Environmental Biosciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
  • Ronit Machtinger
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, 52561, Ramat Gan, Israel.