Using k-dependence causal forest to mine the most significant dependency relationships among clinical variables for thyroid disease diagnosis.

Numerous data mining models have been proposed to construct computer-aided medical expert systems. Bayesian network classifiers (BNCs) are more distinct and understandable than other models. To graphically describe the dependency relationships among clinical variables for thyroid disease diagnosis a...

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Main Authors: LiMin Wang, FangYuan Cao, ShuangCheng Wang, MingHui Sun, LiYan Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560694?pdf=render