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Methods Inf Med 2001; 40(01): 1-5
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634456
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Prognostic Models in Medicine

AI and Statistical Approaches
A. Abu-Hanna
1   Dept. of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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P. J. F. Lucas
2   Dept. of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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08 February 2018 (online)

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