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ArticleThe Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society2025

Classification and predictive models using supervised machine learning: A conceptual review.

M A Pienaar, K D Naidoo

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Article in The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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M A PienaarDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division Critical Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
K D NaidooDivision of Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Abstract

Background: Supervised machine learning models (SMLMs) are likely to be a prevalent approach in the literature on medical machine learning. These models have considerable potential to improve clinical decision-making through enhanced prediction and classification. In this review, we present an overview of SMLMs. We provide a discussion of the conceptual domains relevant to machine learning, model development, validation, and model explanation. This discussion is accompanied by clinical examples to illustrate key concepts. Contribution of the study: This conceptual review provides an overview and guide to the interpretation of SMLMs in the medical literature.

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classificationmachine learningmodel developmentmodel explanationpredictionSMLMSupervised machine learning modelsvalidation

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PMID40874039
PMCPMC12378356

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