Screening nonrandomized studies for medical systematic reviews: a comparative study of classifiers.

Objectives: To investigate whether (1) machine learning classifiers can help identify nonrandomized studies eligible for full-text screening by systematic reviewers; (2) classifier performance varies with optimization; and (3) the number of citations to screen can be reduced.Methods: We used an open...

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Published in:Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 197 - 208
Main Authors: Bekhuis T, Demner-Fushman D, Bekhuis, Tanja, Demner-Fushman, Dina
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2012 Jul
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