Objective: Recent results published by Coste et al. in discriminant analysis with ordinal responses showed the superiority of optimal discriminating analysis for ordinal responses (ODAO) both in terms of classification and simplicity of implementation compared to classic methods (Fishers discrimination, logistic regression) applied to medical data (prognostics of burns) and to simulated data...
Keywords: classification, ordinal responses, ODAO, adaptive random search, fluctuations, modeling, bootstrap, robustness
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer