A hybrid approach to knowledge discovery from military health systems

  • Authors:
  • Dursun Delen;Satheesh Ramachandran

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of MSIS, Oklahoma State University, 700 N. Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma;Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., 1408 University Drive East, College Station, Texas

  • Venue:
  • Neural, Parallel & Scientific Computations - Special issue: Advances in intelligent systems and applications
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper we present the up-to-now results of a federally funded research project that aims to develop a hybrid knowledge discovery framework which would support the excavation of valuable information from military health systems data repositories in order to deliver useful knowledge to patients, medical practitioners and policy planners. Across the military health system, medical data is being generated at a staggering rate. Effective ways to discover useful knowledge from these enormous volumes of data would be extremely valuable in making a significant difference in military healthcare systems. In many data rich environments (including private and public health care systems), data mining and its enabling technologies are emerging as a powerful means for researchers, practitioners, and consumers to more effectively gain and use knowledge. The challenge lies in finding new and innovative ways to deal with the increasing volume and complexity of medical data and thereby improve our understanding of disease and health related issues. So far in this project, we established the foundation for a knowledge discovery framework that has potential to overcome those challenges, developed a set of deployable data mining components, and implemented an integrated toolkit that maps those data mining components into the proposed framework.