Codes were classified into an exclusive, descending hierarchy of four groups comprising: maltreatment syndrome, assault, undetermined intent and codes reflecting adverse social circumstances (Additional file 1: Table S1) [ 12].
Several techniques such as agglomerative or divisive clustering algorithms [ 1- 4] that partition the genes into mutually exclusive groups or hierarchies have been reported.
Each individual meeting ICD9 diagnosis criteria was assigned to a mutually exclusive category in the hierarchy of PsA, RA, and then OA.
The application model is designed around a relational database management system with the user interface generated in Visual Basic and a rule base implemented through a hierarchy of mutually exclusive options presented to the user based on choices made as the user progresses through the various decision levels.
This does not mean that gender hierarchy comprises a simple or exclusive category of analysis.
For simplicity, the clinical manifestations of pneumococcal disease are modeled as mutually exclusive, with risk of occurrence following a hierarchy of severity from most severe to least severe: meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia, AOM.
The hierarchy of process templates specifies the mutually exclusive alternatives for modeling individual subprocesses in terms of the functional forms of the kinetic laws that govern the observed interaction.
If patients had more than 1 ALD-related diagnosis on their index date the following hierarchy was applied to create 3 mutually exclusive groups: liver transplant diagnosis or procedure code, followed by HCC diagnosis and decompensated cirrhosis diagnosis.
Early in the 18th century, Tsar Peter I the Great abolished the rank and title of boyar and made state service the exclusive means of attaining a high position in the bureaucratic hierarchy.
