Using machine learning to investigate self-medication purchasing in England via high street retailer loyalty card data

Alec Davies; Mark A. Green; Alex D. Singleton

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207523

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Using machine learning to investigate self-medication purchasing in England via high street retailer loyalty card data

Alec Davies ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.e.davies@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4538-1375

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Mark A. Green,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Alex D. Singleton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Using machine learning to investigate self-medication purchasing in England via high street retailer loyalty card data

Alec Davies,
Mark A. Green,
Alex D. Singleton

Published: November 19, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207523

About the Authors

Alec Davies

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.e.davies@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4538-1375

Mark A. Green

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Alex D. Singleton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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