RECPAM: a computer program for recursive partition and amalgamation for survival data and other situations frequently occurring in biostatistics. III. Classification according to a multivariate construct. Application to data on Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis

Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 1991 Sep;36(1):51-61. doi: 10.1016/0169-2607(91)90020-t.

Abstract

The methodology of RECursive Partition and AMalgamation (RECPAM) previously presented in Parts I and II (A. Ciampi et al., Computer. Methods Progr. Biomed. 26 (1988) 239-256 and 30 (1989) 283-296) pursues its development with an application to predict long-term effects of a disease given a set of clinical information measured at the time of illness. This paper illustrates how RECPAM deals with a situation typical in Medical Informatics applied to data on Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Algorithms
  • Child
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical*
  • Decision Trees
  • Female
  • Haemophilus influenzae*
  • Humans
  • Intelligence Tests*
  • Male
  • Mathematical Computing*
  • Meningitis, Haemophilus / complications*
  • Meningitis, Haemophilus / mortality
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Software*
  • Survival Analysis
  • User-Computer Interface