Prognostic Systems for NPC: A comparison of the Neural Network Model and The Cox Proportional Hazards Model

• Main Authors: Abdul-Kareem, S., Baba, S., Zubairi, Y.Z., Prasad, U., Wahid, M.I.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/5694/; http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/switzerland2002/papers/409.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Statistical methods such as the life-table, the Kaplan-Meier method and regression models, such as the Cox Proportional Hazard are usually used to model and predict survival data. Neural networks have been used in medicine for more than two decades, first, as an aid to diagnosis and treatment and th...