The students are able to analyze and solve clinical treatment planning and decision support problems using methods for search, optimization, and planning.
They are able to explain methods for classification and their respective advantages and disadvantages in clinical contexts.
The students can comparedifferent methods for representing medical knowledge.
They can evaluate methods in the context of clinical dataand explain challenges due to the clinical nature of the data and its acquisition and due to privacy and safety requirements.
Content:
Methods for search
Optimization
Planning
Classification
Regression and prediction in a clinical context
Representation of medical knowledge
Understanding challenges due to clinical and patient related data and data acquisition
Students will work in groups to apply the methods introduced during the lecture using problem based learning
Pre-requisites:
Principles of math (algebra, analysis/calculus)
Principles of stochastics
Principles of programming
Java/C++ and R/Matlab
Advanced programming skills
Reading list:
Russel & Norvig: Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach, 2012
Berner: Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice, 2007
Greenes: Clinical Decision Support: The Road Ahead, 2007
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