Meaningless comparisons lead to false optimism in medical machine learning.

A new trend in medicine is the use of algorithms to analyze big datasets, e.g. using everything your phone measures about you for diagnostics or monitoring. However, these algorithms are commonly compared against weak baselines, which may contribute to excessive optimism. To assess how well an algor...

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Main Authors: Orianna DeMasi, Konrad Kording, Benjamin Recht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5614525?pdf=render