Prediction of Pediatric Risk Using a Hybrid Model Based on Soft Computing Techniques

  • Authors:
  • Yanet Rodríguez;Mabel González;Adonis Aguirre;Mayelis Espinosa;Ricardo Grau;Joaquín O. García;Luis E. Rovira;Maria M. García

  • Affiliations:
  • Centro de Estudios de Informática, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba;Centro de Estudios de Informática, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba;Hospital Pediátrico Universitario "José Luis Miranda" de Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba;Centro de Estudios de Informática, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba;Centro de Estudios de Informática, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba;Hospital Pediátrico Universitario "José Luis Miranda" de Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba;Hospital Pediátrico Universitario "José Luis Miranda" de Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba;Centro de Estudios de Informática, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba

  • Venue:
  • MICAI '08 Proceedings of the 7th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We present an automatic system for the prediction of mortality risk in pediatric patients, which uses Soft Computing techniques instead of traditional ones based on score. The hybrid model applied combines both Case-Based Reasoning and Artificial Neural Networks with fuzzy set theory, taking its applications the advantages of these approaches. While the new way of prediction, named SAPRIM (Automated Predictor System of Infant Mortality Risk), was automatically defined from domain examples reducing the knowledge engineering effort, the experimental results using cross validation showed good accuracy with respect to other traditional classifiers. Besides, SAPRIM allows a more natural framework to include expert knowledge by using linguistic terms. After this automatic system was exploited by human experts for a year, the field evaluation corroborates good results.