Application Of Machine Learning Algorithms In Predicting The Heart Disease In Patients

Healthcare services save the life of human beings by making timely effective decisions. The use of data mining tools is crucial for decision making, forecasting, and disease prediction. In this study, data mining algorithms are applied to predict heart disease. The dataset contains 14 attributes such as age, gender, blood pressure, blood fat, etc. These parameters are analyzed to predict the probability of patients prone to heart disease in future. Initially, the relationship between the parameters is analyzed. Following which Naïve Bayes, decision trees and Naïve Bayes with k-means clustering are applied over it for classification and prediction. These algorithms were employed to train the dataset and create a binary classification. The proposed system shows a better prediction of heart disease. The performance measures of the system are measured, and the obtained results illustrate the system can forecast the probability of developing the heart diseases.