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FTC 2019: Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2019 pp 124–143Cite as

Efficient Bayesian Expert Models for Fever in Neutropenia and Fever in Neutropenia with Bacteremia

Part of the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC,volume 1069)

Abstract

Bayesian expert models are very efficient solutions since they can encapsulate in a mathematical consistent way, certain and uncertain knowledge, as well as preferences strategies and policies. Furthermore, the Bayesian modelling framework is the only one that can inference about causal connections and suggest the structure of a reasonable probabilistic model from historic data. Two novel expert models have been developed for a medical issue concerning diagnosis of fever in neutropenia or fever in neutropenia with bacteremia. Supervised and unsupervised learning was used to construct these two the expert models. The best one of them exhibited 93% precision of prediction.

Keywords

  • Bayesian networks
  • Expert model
  • Cancer
  • Neutropenia
  • Bacteraemia

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  1. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan (Astana), 010000, Kazakhstan

    Bekzhan Darmeshov

  2. School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan (Astana), 010000, Kazakhstan

    Vasilios Zarikas

  3. Theory Division, General Department, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

    Vasilios Zarikas

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Darmeshov, B., Zarikas, V. (2020). Efficient Bayesian Expert Models for Fever in Neutropenia and Fever in Neutropenia with Bacteremia. In: Arai, K., Bhatia, R., Kapoor, S. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2019. FTC 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1069. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32520-6_11

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