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Supporting Medical Decisions for Treating Rare Diseases Through Genetic Programming

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Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoApplications 2019)

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Casa dos Marcos is the largest specialized medical and residential center for rare diseases in the Iberian Peninsula. The large number of patients and the uniqueness of their diseases demand a considerable amount of diverse and highly personalized therapies, that are nowadays largely managed manually. This paper aims at catering for the emergent need of efficient and effective artificial intelligence systems for the support of the everyday activities of centers like Casa dos Marcos. We present six predictive data models developed with a genetic programming based system which, integrated into a web-application, enabled data-driven support for the therapists in Casa dos Marcos. The presented results clearly indicate the usefulness of the system in assisting complex therapeutic procedures for children suffering from rare diseases.

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This work was partially supported by national funds through FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) under project DSAIPA/DS/0022/2018 (GADgET) and project PTDC/CCI-INF/29168/2017 (BINDER).

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  1. Nova Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, 1070-312, Lisbon, Portugal

    Illya Bakurov, Mauro Castelli & Leonardo Vanneschi

  2. Raríssimas - Associação Nacional de Deficiências Mentais e Raras, Rua das Açucenas, Lote 1, Loja Dta., 1300-003, Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria João Freitas

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Bakurov, I., Castelli, M., Vanneschi, L., Freitas, M.J. (2019). Supporting Medical Decisions for Treating Rare Diseases Through Genetic Programming. In: Kaufmann, P., Castillo, P. (eds) Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11454. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16692-2_13

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