Title
Using concept hierarchies to improve calculation of patient similarity.
Abstract
•New distance measure between sets where set items are arranged in concept hierarchy.•Natural extension of Jaccard distance to include a concept hierarchy.•Improved clustering results compared with traditional approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.jbi.2016.07.021
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Distance measure using concept hierarchy,ICD-10 taxonomy,Patient similarity calculation
Data mining,Information retrieval,Computer science,Categorical variable,Jaccard index,Cluster analysis,Hierarchy,Medical diagnosis,Concept hierarchy,Distance measures
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
C
1532-0464
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.42
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dominic Girardi1213.54
Sandra Wartner220.76
Gerhard Halmerbauer320.42
Margit Ehrenmüller420.42
Hilda Kosorus5153.90
Stephan Dreiseitl633834.80