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What subject matter questions motivate the use of machine learning approaches compared to statistical models for

Harald Binder1

  • 1Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany.

Biometrical Journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift
|March 12, 2014
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Added valueExternal knowledgeLogistic regressionRisk predictionUncertainty

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