Augmented stepwise discriminant analysis applied to two classification problems in the biomedical field
✍ Scribed by Kurt Enslein; Peter W. Neurath
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 763 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4809
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✦ Synopsis
Stepwise discriminant analysis is applied to the machine karyotyping of chromosomes using arm-length measurements and functions of these as the basis for classification, and machine differential diagnosis of gynecological diseases based on a set of twenty-six signs and symptoms. When the karyotyping procedure is augmented by a reordering scheme which takes advantage of the required number of objects per class, a reproduction of human performance with approximately 6% error is achieved. For the gynecological diseases, under certain circumstances, an error rate of 15% is achieved. This is an error rate of least equivalent and probably lower than that realized by humans.