title: Thoroughly modern risk prediction?
abstract: Researchers use a data-driven technique called statistical learning to fashion risk prediction algorithms for clinical situations with low event rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, MA 02118, USA. mpencina@bu.edu
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pencina
authors.forename: Ralph B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D057225:Data Mining / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical