Using the Diagnostic Odds Ratio to Select Patterns to Build an Interpretable Pattern-Based Classifier in a Clinical Domain: Multivariate Sequential Pattern Mining Study.

A method for the classification of patients' survival can benefit from the use of sequential patterns, as these patterns consider knowledge about the temporal evolution of the variables in the case of ICBU. We have proved that the DOR can be used in several ways, and that it is a suitable measure to select discriminative and interpretable quality patterns.