Class Based Variable Importance for Medical Decision Making

Danielle Baghernejad
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Danielle Baghernejad: Intermedix, Nashville, USA

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2017, vol. 1, issue 5, 1328-1335

Abstract: In this paper we explore variable importance within tree-based modeling, discussing its strengths and weaknesses with regard to medical inference and action ability...

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences; Biomedical Research; Technical research Machine learning; Tree-based modeling; Decision trees; Variable importance; Class Variable Importance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000431

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