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Automatic structure estimation of predictive models for symptom development

Computation 2018-09-13 v1

Abstract

Online mental health treatment has the premise to meet the increasing demand for mental health treatment at a lower cost than traditional treatment. However, online treatment suffers from high drop-out rates, which might negate their cost effectiveness. Predictive models might aid in early identification of deviating clients which allows to target them directly to prevent drop-out and improve treatment outcomes. We propose a two-staged multi-objective optimization process to automatically infer model structures based on ecological momentary assessment for prediction of future symptom development. The proposed multi-objective optimization approach results in a temporal-causal network model with the best prediction performance for each concept. This allows for a selection of a disorder-specific model structure based on the envisioned field of application.

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@article{arxiv.1809.04494,
  title  = {Automatic structure estimation of predictive models for symptom development},
  author = {Dennis Becker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.04494},
  year   = {2018}
}
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