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. 2021 Aug 7;40(4):887. doi: 10.1007/s10619-021-07358-7

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Application of machine learning (ML) and internet of things (IoT) in healthcare to predict and tackle pandemic situation

R Sitharthan 1,, M Rajesh 2
PMCID: PMC8349240  PMID: 34393377

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5/5/2022

This article was retracted on 05 May 2022.


The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation’s findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

Author R. Sithartan disagrees with this retraction. Author M. Rajesh has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.

The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

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The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation’s findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

Author R. Sithartan disagrees with this retraction. Author M. Rajesh has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.

The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

Contributor Information

R. Sitharthan, Email: sitharthan.r@vit.ac.in

M. Rajesh, Email: csemanoharanrajesh@gmail.com

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