1) Sepsis is a serious medical condition caused by infection that kills over 200,000 people per year in the US, costing $16.7 billion annually.
2) The project aims to use data mining, artificial intelligence and visualization to better predict sepsis early and recommend optimal treatment by analyzing patient vital signs and other medical data.
3) The system would generate alerts when sepsis is likely, and suggest cost-effective tests or treatments based on a partially observable Markov decision process model optimized for long-term outcomes.
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