Prediction rule ensembles (PREs) are a relatively new statistical learning method, which aim to strike a balance between predictive performance and interpretability. Starting from a decision tree ensemble, like a boosted tree ensemble or a random for...
BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a significant cause of mortality in the intensive care unit. Early diagnosis of VAP is important to provide appropriate treatment and reduce mortality. Developing a noninvasive and highly accurate ...
Modern computer technology sheds light on new ways of innovating Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). One method that gets increasing attention is the quantitative research method, which makes use of data mining and artificial intelligence technology ...
Over the years, there has been growing interest in using machine learning techniques for biomedical data processing. When tackling these tasks, one needs to bear in mind that biomedical data depends on a variety of characteristics, such as demographi...
As a crucial step of biological event extraction, event trigger identification has attracted much attention in recent years. Deep representation methods, which have the superiorities of less feature engineering and end-to-end training, show better pe...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Dec 23, 2019
BACKGROUND: The medical community uses a variety of data standards for both clinical and research reporting needs. ISO 11179 Common Data Elements (CDEs) represent one such standard that provides robust data point definitions. Another standard is the ...
The training of physician-scientists lies at the heart of future medical research. In this commentary, we apply Narayanamurti and Odumosu's framework of the "discovery-invention cycle" to analyze the structure and outcomes of the integrated MD/PhD pr...