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Analysis of distributed databases with a hybrid rough sets approach
(2008-11-24)
Pattaraintakorn, Puntip
The aim of this paper is to offer mathematical proofs of Pawlak's rough set theory about distributed knowledge based on rough sets and relational databases. A case study on actual self-reported geriatric data for survival analysis is presented to provide a computational evidence of the distributed knowledge. Risk factors, prolongation time prediction rules and validation are also computed and discussed. We illustrate that dividing a decision table (or database) into smaller units will in general result in the loss of some information by rough set theory. ©2008 IEEE.
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A foundation of rough sets theoretical and computational hybrid intelligent system for survival analysis
(2008-10-01)
Pattaraintakorn, Puntip
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Cercone, Nick
What do we (not) know about the association between diabetes and survival time? Our study offers an alternative mathematical framework based on rough sets to analyze medical data and provide epidemiology survival analysis with risk factor diabetes. We experiment on three data sets: geriatric, melanoma and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. A case study reports from 8547 geriatric Canadian patients at the Dalhousie Medical School. Notification status (dead or alive) is treated as the censor attribute and the time lived is treated as the survival time. The analysis result illustrates diabetes is a very significant risk factor to survival time in our geriatric patients data. This paper offers both theoretical and practical guidelines in the construction of a rough sets hybrid intelligent system, for the analysis of real world data. Furthermore, we discuss the potential of rough sets, artificial neural networks (ANNs) and frailty index in predicting survival tendency. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Integrating rough set theory and medical applications
(2008-04-01)
Pattaraintakorn, Puntip
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Cercone, Nick
Medical science is not an exact science in which processes can be easily analyzed and modeled. Rough set theory has proven well suited for accommodating such inexactness of the medical profession. As rough set theory matures and its theoretical perspective is extended, the theory has been also followed by development of innovative rough sets systems as a result of this maturation. Unique concerns in medical sciences as well as the need of integrated rough sets systems are discussed. We present a short survey of ongoing research and a case study on integrating rough set theory and medical application. Issues in the current state of rough sets in advancing medical technology and some of its challenges are also highlighted. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Hybrid rough sets intelligent system architecture for survival analysis
(2007-01-01)
Pattaraintakorn, Puntip
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Cercone, Nick
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Naruedomkul, Kanlaya
Survival analysis challenges researchers because of two issues. First, in practice, the studies do not span wide enough to collect all survival times of each individual patient. All of these patients require censor variables and cannot be analyzed without special treatment. Second, analyzing risk factors to indicate the significance of the effect on survival time is necessary. Hence, we propose "Enhanced Hybrid Rough Sets Intelligent System Architecture for Survival Analysis" (Enhanced HYRIS) that can circumvent these two extra issues. Given the survival data set, Enhanced HYRIS can analyze and construct a life time table and Kaplan-Meier survival curves that account for censor variables. We employ three statistical hypothesis tests and use the p-value to identify the significance of a particular risk factor. Subsequently, rough set theory generates the probe reducts and reducts. Probe reducts and reducts include only a risk factor subset that is large enough to include all of the essential information and small enough for our survival prediction model to be created. Furthermore, in the rule induction stage we offer survival prediction models in the form of decision rules and association rules. In the validation stage, we provide cross validation with ELEM2 as well as decision tree. To demonstrate the utility of our methods, we apply Enhanced HYRIS to various data sets: geriatric, melanoma and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) data sets. Our experiments cover analyzing risk factors, performing hypothesis tests and we induce survival prediction models that can predict survival time efficiently and accurately. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

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