A recurring pattern in many areas of machine learning is the empirical success of a handful of “heuristics”, that is, any simple learning procedure favored by practitioners. Many of these heuristic techniques lack formal theoretical justification. For unsupervised learning, Lloyd's k-means...
Patient-driven information management is vital for positive health outcomes and informed decision making. Younger women (<50 years old) with family history may be at risk for breast cancer, yet while they are often encouraged to pursue risk reduction options, are left to their own devices to...