An investigation into feature selection for oncological survival prediction

Dmitry Strunkin, Brian Mac Namee, John D. Kelleher

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Abstract

In machine learning based clinical decision support (CDS) systems the features used to train prediction models are of paramount importance. Strong features will lead to accurate models, whereas as weak features will have the opposite effect. Feature sets can either be designed by domain experts, or automatically extracted for unstructured data that happens to be available from some process other than a CDS system. This paper compares the usefulness of structured expert-designed features to features extracted from unstructured data sources in an oncological survival prediction application scenario.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Technology, ITNG 2012
Pages764-768
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event9th International Conference on Information Technology, ITNG 2012 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 16 Apr 201218 Apr 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Technology, ITNG 2012

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Information Technology, ITNG 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period16/04/1218/04/12

Keywords

  • feature selection
  • machine learning
  • oncology

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