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Maximum Entropy Models in Chief Complaint Classification
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This paper describes a novel approach to the statistical classification of free-text chief complaints for the purpose of syndromic surveillance.… hand-classified into one of eight categories was used to train both CoCo and the new Maximum Entropy classifier. A … low and highly variable due to the low availability of training data. Epidemiological and clinical assessment from … by CoCo because the word had not been observed in the training set. CONCLUSIONS Maximum Entropy classification … -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… in the United States: BIOSENSE and CDC activities, ESSENCE, state and local systems Details of systems in …