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Application Of Machine Learning In Cancer Research, Mandana Bozorgi
Application Of Machine Learning In Cancer Research, Mandana Bozorgi
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This dissertation revisits the problem of five-year survivability predictions for breast cancer using machine learning tools. This work is distinguishable from the past experiments based on the size of the training data, the unbalanced distribution of data in minority and majority classes, and modified data cleaning procedures. These experiments are also based on the principles of TIDY data and reproducible research. In order to fine-tune the predictions, a set of experiments were run using naive Bayes, decision trees, and logistic regression.
Of particular interest were strategies to improve the recall level for the minority class, as the cost of misclassification …