A medical data repository contains records of 100,000 deceased persons. An autopsy performed on those persons has revealed 48,350 cases of a structural heart defect (SHD). Histogram of the life-time of persons affected with SHD shows an exponential distribution with average T1=47.1 years. Life-time of the remaining persons reveals an exponential distribution with average T0=72.8 years. If a person dies at an age of 57, would you say that this person had SHD? Apply the maximum a-posteriori probability (MAP) criterion to answer the question. Note: Exponential distribution is defined by fX(x)=
1

mX
e−x/mX for x≥0, where mX=E{X}. Numbers are rounded.

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A medical data repository contains records of 100,000 deceased persons. An autopsy performed on those persons has revealed 48,350 cases of a structural heart defect (SHD). Histogram of the life-time of persons affected with SHD shows an exponential distribution with average T1=47.1 years. Life-time of the remaining persons reveals an exponential distribution with average T0=72.8 years. If a person dies at an age of 57, would you say that this person had SHD? Apply the maximum a-posteriori probability (MAP) criterion to answer the question. Note: Exponential distribution is defined by fX(x)=
1

mX
e−x/mX for x≥0, where mX=E{X}. Numbers are rounded.

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We begin by restating the problem in our own words and laying out the given data clearly before performing any calculation. - There are two competing groups: SHD (structural heart defect) with prior probability p1 = 48,350 / 100,000 = 0.4835, and non-SHD with prior probability p0 = 1 - p1 = 0.5165. - If a person has SHD, their lifetime follows an exponential distribution with mean m1 = 47.1 years, so the pdf is f1(t) = (1/m1) * exp(-t/m1). - If a person does not have SHD, their lifetime follows an exponential distribution with mean m0 = 72.8 years, so the pdf is f0(t) = (1/m0) * exp(-t/m0). - We observe age t = 57 years. Using MAP, we compare p1*f1(57) and p0*f0(57). Now we compute the likelihoods at t = 57 years: - f1(57) = (1/47.1) * exp(-57/47.1) ≈ 0.021245 * exp(-1.210) ≈ 0.021245 * 0.299 ≈ 0.00635. - f0(57) = (1/72.8) * exp(-57/72.8) ≈ 0.013736 * exp(-0.783) ≈ 0.013736 * 0.457 ≈ 0.00628. Next, multiply by the priors to obtain the MAP numerators: - p1*f1(57) ≈ 0.4835 * 0.00635 ≈ 0.00307. - p0*f0(57) ≈ 0.5165 * 0.00628 ≈ 0.00324. Since p0*f0(57) > p1*f1(57), the MAP decision at age 57 favors the non-SHD group, given these numbers. To understand the threshold more directly, one can derive the MAP decision boundary t* by solving p1*f1(t*) = p0*f0(t*): - What this yields is a threshold t* ≈ 49.3 years. For ages t > 49.3, f1(t)/f0(t) < p0/p1, which implies the MAP rule selects non-SHD; for t < 49.3, SHD would be favored. Therefore, at age 57, the MAP decision would be that the person did not have SHD. Note on the provided data: The answer field includes a single option stating that the MAP threshold is 49.3 years and the conclusion is the person did not have SHD. No alternative answer options were supplied for comparison. The reasoning above confirms that, given the numbers, the stated threshold is correct and the conclusion at t = 57 follows from the MAP criterion.

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