Learning Markov Blanket Bayesian Network for Big Data in MapReduce

A probabilistic data analytics methodology based on Bayesian Belief network for predicting and understanding breast cancer survival

“…These variables include HER2, which represents the presence of a gene type that can play a role in the development of breast cancer; Dx-Bone/Brain/Liver/Lung, which represents where the metastasis happens in stage 4; and AJCC −7 T/N/M, which gives detailed information about the tumor, node, and metastasis of the cancer tumor. Second, other than the TAN method, Markov blanket [58] could have been used as a structural learning algorithm, for which, however, more detailed patient-level data would be required.…”