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Editorial
. 2019 Sep 1;111(9):877-879.
doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy226.

Shining Light Into the Black Box of Machine Learning

William Hsu, Joann G Elmore
Editorial

Shining Light Into the Black Box of Machine Learning

William Hsu et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. .
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Figure 1.
A simplified decision tree illustrating one approach for selecting appropriate machine learning algorithms. *Dataset sizes are not defined as fixed thresholds because the number of data points is often relative to the target variable and quality of data being used to train the model. Adapted from https://scikit-learn.org/stable/tutorial/machine_learning_map/index.html.
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