A machine learning approach for identifying subtypes of autism

  • Authors:
  • Rocio Guillén;Curtis Jensen;Stephen Edelson

  • Affiliations:
  • California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA;California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA;Autism Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper we present a machine learning approach to mining a questionnaire database, which is part of the medical record, of patients suffering from a degree of autism. One of the most important components of this approach is the selection of features for identifying subtypes of autism.. Different sets of features have been chosen as input to experiments that ran using various machine learning algorithms. Results of such experiments are evaluated to determine their effectiveness in clustering patients' data for further classification purposes. The ultimate goal of our research is to provide an approach for mining autistic patients' data for categorizing the Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD)to better understand this currently wide spread and complex medical condition.