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Survival-LCS: Rule-Based Survival Analysis without Proportional Hazard Assumptions. 生存- lcs：无比例风险假设的基于规则的生存分析

ACM transactions on evolutionary learning and optimization Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-29 DOI: 10.1145/3772719

Alexa A Woodward, Harsh Bandhey, Jason H Moore, Ryan J Urbanowicz

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