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Introduced is a neural network method to build survival time prediction models with censored and completed observations. The proposed method modifies the standard back-propagation neural network process so that the censored data can be used without alteration. On the other hand, existing neural network methods require alteration of censored data and suffer from the problem of scalability on the prediction output domain. Further, the modification of the censored observations distorts the data so that the final prediction outcomes may not be accurate. Preliminary validations show that the proposed neural network method is a viable method.
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Ryu, Y.U., Kim, J.K., Im, K.H., Hong, H. (2012). Neural Network Analysis of Right-Censored Observations for Occurrence Time Prediction. In: Shaw, M.J., Zhang, D., Yue, W.T. (eds) E-Life: Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life. WEB 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29873-8_10
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