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An Investigation On The Use And Flexibility Of Genetic Algorithms For Logistic Regression, Sara Yoder
An Investigation On The Use And Flexibility Of Genetic Algorithms For Logistic Regression, Sara Yoder
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Social scientists and other users of large data sets often desire a model to predict the probability that some condition exists, such as the probability that a person has diabetes or that a credit card transaction will be fraudulent. In general, this can be done by data mining techniques, which allow multiple records of data composed of numerous independent variables and one dependent variable to be examined in a statistical fashion to make a predictive model. One particular technique used is logistic regression. Logistic regression forms a predictive model based on a set of independent variables by assigning coefficients to …