Optimization Techniques in Medicine

Panos M. Pardalos, Vladimir L. Boginski, Oleg Alexan Prokopyev, Wichai Suharitdamrong, Paul R. Carney, Wanpracha Chaovalitwongse and Alkis Vazacopoulos

Chapter Chapter 8 in Essays and Surveys in Global Optimization, 2005, pp 211-232 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We give a brief overview of a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary research area of optimization techniques in medicine. Applying optimization approaches proved to be successful in various medical applications. We identify the main research directions and describe several important problems arising in this area, including disease diagnosis, risk prediction, treatment planning, etc.

Keywords: Support Vector Machine; Lyapunov Exponent; Epileptic Seizure; Nurse Schedule; Nonlinear Time Series Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25570-2_8

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