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Disease Prediction with a Maximum Entropy Method

Machine Learning 2021-02-05 v1 Probability

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a maximum entropy method for predicting disease risks. It is based on a patient's medical history with diseases coded in ICD-10 which can be used in various cases. The complete algorithm with strict mathematical derivation is given. We also present experimental results on a medical dataset, demonstrating that our method performs well in predicting future disease risks and achieves an accuracy rate twice that of the traditional method. We also perform a comorbidity analysis to reveal the intrinsic relation of diseases.

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@article{arxiv.2102.02668,
  title  = {Disease Prediction with a Maximum Entropy Method},
  author = {Michael Shub and Qing Xu and Xiaohua and Xuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.02668},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages

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