We previously developed and validated informatic algorithms that used International Classification of Diseases 9th revision (ICD9)–based diagnostic and procedure codes to detect the presence and ...

Many of the classification algorithms developed in the machine learning literature, including the support vector machine and boosting, can be viewed as minimum contrast methods that minimize a convex ...

The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 2000), pp. 337-374 (38 pages) Boosting is one of the most important recent developments in classification methodology. Boosting works by sequentially ...