Summary of Evaluating Machine Learning Models Against Clinical Protocols For Enhanced Interpretability and Continuity Of Care, by Christel Sirocchi et al.
Evaluating Machine Learning Models against Clinical Protocols for Enhanced Interpretability and Continuity of Care
by Christel Sirocchi, Muhammad Suffian, Federico Sabbatini, Alessandro Bogliolo, Sara Montagna
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers address the limitations of Machine Learning (ML) models in clinical decision-making by proposing metrics and an approach to compare ML models with established protocols. The authors highlight two critical concerns: accuracy and interpretability. They suggest that integrating domain knowledge into ML models improves their performance and provides more interpretable explanations. To validate this approach, they train two neural networks on the Pima Indians Diabetes dataset, one exclusively driven by data and the other integrating a clinical protocol. The results show that the integrated model achieves comparable performance to the data-driven model while providing superior accuracy relative to the clinical protocol. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about how machine learning models can be used in medical decision-making. Right now, doctors rely on established protocols when making decisions, but machine learning models are trying to help with this process too. However, there’s a problem – these machine learning models might make mistakes that wouldn’t have happened if the doctor followed the protocol. Also, it’s hard to understand why these models are making certain predictions. The researchers suggest using machine learning models that take into account what doctors already know about medicine. They tested this idea on some medical data and found that their approach worked well. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning
