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A comparison of machine learning algorithms for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorder

A comparison of machine learning algorithms for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorder

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A comparison of machine learning algorithms for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorder

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A comparison of machine learning algorithms for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorder

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2019-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0222907-e0222907

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coordinates a labor-intensive process to measure the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children in the United States. Random forests methods have shown promise in speeding up this process, but they lag behind human classification accuracy by about 5%. We explore whether more rece...

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A comparison of machine learning algorithms for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorder

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2297122100

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2297122100

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1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0222907

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