Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , March 2012

Improving the medical scale predictability by the pairwise comparisons method: Evidence from a clinical data study

  • Tamar Kakiashvili

      Affiliations

    • Sudbury Therapy, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Waldemar W. Koczkodaj

      Affiliations

    • Laurentian Univeristy, Computer Science, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 705 675 1151; fax: +1 705 673 6591.
    • ,
  • Marc Woodbury-Smith

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Received 12 May 2011 ,Revised 29 July 2011 ,Accepted 22 September 2011.

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PII: S0169-2607(11)00258-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.09.011

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 210-216 , March 2012

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