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Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data

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Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data

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Explainable prediction is increasingly required in clinical decision support, especially when models must generalize across institutions. We present a stability-bound binary rule search workflow that operates on fully binarized clinical data and expresses decisions as sparse, human-readable rules. Clinical variables are converted into 0/1 indicators using clinically meaningful thresholds, so that each rule corresponds to a binary mask over a small set of interpretable features. A Binary Rule Search (BRS) engine explores conjunctions of up to four predictors (k=1–4), and candidate rules are evaluated by the Matthews-correlation-coefficient (MCC) on development and validation splits. Robustness is summarized by the Stability-Bound-Rule-Score (SBRS), a geometric-style combination of the lower 95% confidence bounds of MCC in both splits. The workflow was applied to two open-access datasets: a heart attack dataset (303 patients) and a hepatitis C dataset (615 patients). In the heart attack data, a four-feature rule combining age 55–64 years, typical chest pain, absence of angiographically stenosed vessels (CA = 0) and a reversible thallium perfusion defect achieved MCC 0.71 and 0.73 in the development and validation sets, with SBRS = 1.59. In the hepatitis C data, rules built from elevated aspartate aminotransferase together with intermediate or high alkaline phosphatase and increased bilirubin reached MCC 0.75 and 0.84, with SBRS = 1.67. Because all predictors are binarized, the final rules can be displayed as compact binary mask plots or implemented as short checklists and look-up tables. Overall, this stability-bound binary rule search workflow yields sparse, stable and clinically interpretable rule sets for cardiovascular risk stratification and chronic liver disease screening.

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All datasets used in the analyses are obtained from anonymized, open-access sources, and do not contain any personally identifiable information. Therefore, the study does not inherently involve intervention with human participants or processing of personal data and does not require ethics committee approval as required by national and international ethics committees.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Yapısal Biyoloji , Küresel Değişim Biyolojisi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

1 Mart 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Aralık 2025

Kabul Tarihi

5 Şubat 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Huyut, M. T., & Velichko, A. (2026). Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, 16(1), 80-95. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.1836750
AMA
1.Huyut MT, Velichko A. Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data. Iğdır Üniv. Fen Bil Enst. Der. 2026;16(1):80-95. doi:10.21597/jist.1836750
Chicago
Huyut, Mehmet Tahir, ve Andrei Velichko. 2026. “Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 16 (1): 80-95. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.1836750.
EndNote
Huyut MT, Velichko A (01 Mart 2026) Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 16 1 80–95.
IEEE
[1]M. T. Huyut ve A. Velichko, “Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data”, Iğdır Üniv. Fen Bil Enst. Der., c. 16, sy 1, ss. 80–95, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.21597/jist.1836750.
ISNAD
Huyut, Mehmet Tahir - Velichko, Andrei. “Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 16/1 (01 Mart 2026): 80-95. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.1836750.
JAMA
1.Huyut MT, Velichko A. Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data. Iğdır Üniv. Fen Bil Enst. Der. 2026;16:80–95.
MLA
Huyut, Mehmet Tahir, ve Andrei Velichko. “Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, c. 16, sy 1, Mart 2026, ss. 80-95, doi:10.21597/jist.1836750.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Tahir Huyut, Andrei Velichko. Stability-Bound Binary Rule Search: A General Workflow for Explainable Prediction on Binarized Clinical Data. Iğdır Üniv. Fen Bil Enst. Der. 01 Mart 2026;16(1):80-95. doi:10.21597/jist.1836750