Classification algorithms for hip fracture prediction based on recursive partitioning methods.

This article presents 2 modifications to the classification and regression tree. The authors improved the robustness of a split in the test sample approach and developed a cost-saving classification algorithm by selecting noninferior to the optimum splits from variables with lower cost or being used...

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Published in:Medical Decision Making Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 386 - 399
Main Authors: Jin H, Lu Y, Harris ST, Black DM, Stone K, Hochberg MC, Genant HK
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Jul/Aug2004
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