Prediction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Events by Using Patient Self-reported Data in a Digital Health App: Statistical Evaluation and Machine Learning Approach
 
                            Prediction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Events by Using Patient Self-reported Data in a Digital Health App: Statistical Evaluation and Machine Learning Approach
                        
     
                    Francis P Chmiel
                   
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                      , MSc, DPhil ;  
                    Dan K Burns
                   
                    1
                      , MSc, PhD ;  
                    John Brian Pickering
                   
                    1
                      , DPhil ;  
                    Alison Blythin
                   
                    2
                      , MRES ;  
                    Thomas MA Wilkinson
                   
                    2, 3, 4
                    *  , PhD ;  
                    Michael J Boniface
                   
                    1
                    *  , BEng 
 
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            School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
        
                2
            
            my mHealth Limited, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
        
                3
            
            National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
        
                4
            
            Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
        
 
        *these authors contributed equally
    
 
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
 
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                Francis P Chmiel, MSc, DPhil
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                School of Electronics and Computer Science
            
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                University of Southampton
            
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                Email: F.P.Chmiel@soton.ac.uk