Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Syndrome Factors Based an SVM from Coronary Heart Disease Treated by Prominent Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors

摘要

Support vector machines (SVM) have been widely used in many scientific research fields. This paper introduces an original study about the treating experiences of prominent traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctors on coronary heart disease (CHD) using SVM, and to investigate the general laws of prominent TCM doctors for treating CHD. A database of diagnosing and treating CHD was set up on the basis of 115 typical medical records. The syndrome factors and relevant studies were analyzed by SVM (data mining software Weka 3.4 is used). The quantitative diagnosis was confirmed and CHD characteristics were explained. The laws of medicate administration for 8 syndrome factors were summed up from prominent TCM doctors. Application of SVM will help to reveal innate regularity of experience of prominent TCM doctors, and deeply understand the academic thinking of them, in order to improve the level of treatment for CHD with TCM.