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Methods: In this framework we propose a classification method based on a Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP) approach, which allows for the automatic identification of the presence of the disease, and concurrently, provides the explicit classification model used by the system. Results: The proposed approach has been evaluated on the publicly available HandPD dataset, which contains handwriting samples drawn by Parkinson\u2019s disease patients and healthy controls. We show that our approach compares favorably with state-of-the-art methods, and more importantly, allows the physician to identify an explicit model relevant for the diagnosis based on the most informative subset of features. Conclusion: The obtained results suggest that the proposed approach is particularly appealing in that, starting from the explicit model, it allows the physicians to derive a set of guidelines for defining novel testing protocols and intervention strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info10010030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,18]],"date-time":"2019-01-18T07:22:23Z","timestamp":1547796143000},"page":"30","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Automatic Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Evolutionary Approach for Facing the Interpretability Problem"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Rosa","family":"Senatore","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4092-6102","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Della Cioppa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2019-2826","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Angelo","family":"Marcelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jankovic, J. 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