Application of PrototypeLines to Chronic Hepatitis Data Takeshi Watanabe 1, Einoshin Suzuki 1, Hideto Yokoi 2, and

Abstract. In this paper, we apply our PrototypeLines to Chronic Hepatitis Data and demonstrate the results so that domain experts can inspect them closely. PrototypeLines represents a method which visualizes irregular multi-dimensional time-series data as a sequence of probabilistic prototypes. It displays summarized information based on a probabilistic mixture model by using color only.

Decision-tree induction from time-series data based on standard-example split test

This paper proposes a novel decision tree for a data set with time-series attributes. Our time-series tree has a value (i.e. a time sequence) of a time-series attribute in its internal node, and splits examples based on dissimilarity between a pair of time sequences. Our method selects, for a split test, a time sequence which exists in data by exhaustive search based on class and shape information. Experimental results confirm that our induction method constructs comprehensive and accurate decision trees. Moreover, a medical application shows that our time-series tree is promising for knowledge discovery

Integration of Learning Methods, Medical Literature and Expert Inspection in Medical Data Mining

From lessons learned in medical data mining projects we show that integration of advanced computation techniques and human inspection is indispensable in medical data mining. We proposed an integrated approach that merges data mining and text mining methods plus visualization support for expert evaluation. We also appropriately developed temporal abstraction and text mining methods to exploit the collected data. Furthermore, our visual discovery system D2MS allowed to actively and effectively working with physicians. Significant findings in hepatitis study were obtained by the integrated approach

Estimation and Evaluation of Future Demand and Supply of Healthcare Services Based on a Patient Access Area Model

Accessibility to healthcare service providers, the quantity, and the quality of them are important for national health. In this study, we focused on geographic accessibility to estimate and evaluate future demand and supply of healthcare services. We constructed a simulation model called the patient access area model (PAAM), which simulates patients’ access time to healthcare service institutions using a geographic information system (GIS). Using this model, to evaluate the balance of future healthcare services demand and supply in small areas, we estimated the number of inpatients every five years in each area and compared it with the number of hospital beds within a one-hour drive from each area. In an experiment with the Tokyo metropolitan area as a target area, when we assumed hospital bed availability to be 80%, it was predicted that over 78,000 inpatients would not receive inpatient care in 2030. However, this number would decrease if we lowered the rate of inpatient care by 10% and the average length of the hospital stay. Using this model, recommendations can be made regarding what action should be undertaken and by when to prevent a dramatic increase in healthcare demand. This method can help plan the geographical resource allocation in healthcare services for healthcare policy