On Model-Choice in Discrimination with Categorical Variables

✍ Scribed by Dr. sc. K.-D. Wernecke; J. Haerting; G. Kalb; E. Stuerzebecher

• Book ID: 101717766
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 343 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0323-3847
• DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710310305

✦ Synopsis

An algorithm for model selection in discrimination with categorical variables is presented. It is based on four models applied hierarchically and linked with a build-up procedure of feature-eelection.

The choice of models and features is ensured by a consequent croas-validation. Results of an application in medical diagnostics ere described.