A multidimensional temporal abstractive data mining framework

This paper presents a framework to support analysis and trend detection in historical data from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients. The clinical research extensions contribute to fundamental data mining framework research through the integration of temporal abstraction and support of null hypothesis testing within the data mining processes. The application of this new data mining approach is the analysis of level shifts and trends in historical temporal data and to cross correlate data mining findings across multiple data streams for multiple neonatal intensive care patients in an attempt to discover new hypotheses indicative of the onset of some condition. These hypotheses can then be evaluated and defined as rules to be applied in the monitoring of neonates in real-time to enable early detection of possible onset of conditions. This can assist in faster decision making which in turn may avoid conditions developing into serious problems where treatment may be futile.