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Some nonparametric allocation methods are proposed for use in computer-aided medical diagnostics. It may be expected that the replacement of the widely employed parametric models by these methods leads to more realistic results, because the assumptions which are used by parametric models and which are never fulfilled in practice become unnecessary. The overestimation of the discriminating power arising from the non-fulfillment of parametric assumptions are avoided.
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Victor, N. Medical diagnostics with nonparametric allocation rules. Metamedicine 1, 85–94 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00883521
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00883521