Editing Biostatistics (section)

=== Use of computationally intensive methods ===

On the other hand, the advent of modern computer technology and relatively cheap computing resources have enabled computer-intensive biostatistical methods like [[Bootstrapping (statistics)|bootstrapping]] and [[Re-sampling (statistics)|re-sampling]] methods.

In recent times, [[random forests]] have gained popularity as a method for performing [[statistical classification]]. Random forest techniques generate a panel of decision trees. Decision trees have the advantage that you can draw them and interpret them (even with a basic understanding of mathematics and statistics). Random Forests have thus been used for clinical decision support systems.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}