Ordinal classification in medical prognosis

U Feldmann1, J König

  • 1Institute of Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany. imbei@med-imbei.uniklinik-saarland.de

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