Table 1 The characteristics of 18 sets used in the experimental studies: the number of observations (#obs), the number of conditional attributes (#att), the percentage of missing values (%mv), the percentage of censored observations (%cs), and the research subject
Set | #obs | #att | %mv | %cs | Subject of research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
actg320 [63] | 1151 | 11 | 0 | 92 | HIV-positive patients |
BMT-Ch [47] | 187 | 37 | 1 | 55 | Bone marrow transplant |
cancer [64] | 228 | 7 | 4 | 28 | Advanced lung cancer |
follic [65] | 541 | 4 | 0 | 36 | Follicular lymphoma |
GBSG2 [53] | 686 | 8 | 0 | 56 | Breast cancer |
hd [65] | 865 | 6 | 0 | 51 | Hodgkin’s disease |
LAC [48] | 86 | 113 | 0 | 72 | Lung adenocarcinoma |
lung [66] | 1032 | 7 | 3 | 26 | Early lung cancer |
Melanoma [67] | 205 | 7 | 0 | 65 | Malignant melanoma |
mgus [68] | 241 | 9 | 20 | 24 | Monoclonal gammopathy |
PTC [49] | 421 | 24 | 41 | 93 | Papillary thyroid carcinoma |
pbc [69] | 418 | 17 | 15 | 61 | Primary biliary cirrhosis |
std [70] | 877 | 21 | 0 | 60 | Sexually-trans. diseases |
uis [63] | 575 | 13 | 0 | 19 | Drug addiction treatment |
wcgs [71] | 3154 | 10 | <1 | 92 | Coronary artery disease |
whas1 [63] | 481 | 7 | 0 | 48 | Myocardial infarction ed1 |
whas500 [63] | 500 | 13 | 0 | 57 | Myocardial infarction ed2 |
zinc [72] | 431 | 55 | 57 | 81 | Esophageal cancer |