Unsupervised machine learning application to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research



Título del documento: Unsupervised machine learning application to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research
Revue: Computación y sistemas
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000408044
ISSN: 1405-5546
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. España
Año:
Periodo: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 20
Número: 1
Paginación: 7-17
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés When trying to synthesize information from multiple sources and perform a statistical review to compare them, particularly in the medical research field, several statistical tools are available, most common are the systematic review and the meta-analysis. These techniques allow the comparison of the effectiveness or success among a group of studies. However, a problem of these tools is that if the information to be compared is incomplete or mismatched between two or more studies, the comparison becomes an arduous task. On a parallel line, machine learning methodologies have been proven to be a reliable resource, such software is developed to classify several variables and learn from previous experiences to improve the classification. In this paper, we use unsupervised machine learning methodologies to describe a simple yet effective algorithm that, given a dataset with missing data, completes such data, which leads to a more complete systematic review and meta-analysis, capable of presenting a final effectiveness or success rating between studies. Our method is first validated in a movie ranking database scenario, and then used in a real life systematic review and meta-analysis of obesity prevention scientific papers, where 66.6% of the outcomes are missing
Disciplinas: Ciencias de la computación,
Matemáticas
Palabras clave: Inteligencia artificial,
Matemáticas aplicadas,
Aprendizaje automático,
Meta-análisis,
Investigación médica,
Revisiones sistemáticas,
Estadística,
Algoritmos
Keyword: Computer science,
Mathematics,
Artificial intelligence,
Applied mathematics,
Machine learning,
Meta-analysis,
Medical research,
Systematic reviews,
Statistics,
Algorithms
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