Table 3 Aggregated results of the included studies. Multiple entries of the same article are possible in the categories of the specified aim and the presentation of results

Stated aim in article

N

Publications

Proposal of method

27

[6, 8,9,10, 20, 21, 24, 29, 31, 34, 36,37,38, 40, 41, 43,44,45,46,47, 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 62, 66]

Trajectory

28

[5,6,7,8,9,10, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 35, 36, 38,39,40, 42, 44,45,46,47, 54,55,56, 58, 61, 62, 66]

Patterns

20

[19, 24, 26, 28,29,30,31,32,33, 37, 41, 43, 48,49,50, 52, 53, 57, 59, 60]

Phenotyping

9

[22, 27, 28, 33, 34, 44, 46, 51, 55]

Prediction

11

[7, 10, 27, 31, 35, 38, 39, 47, 56, 58, 60]

Stated method in article

N (%)

Publications

Clustering

16 (31 %)

[5,6,7, 21,22,23, 27, 35, 42, 44,45,46, 51, 55, 58, 61]

   Hierarchical

7

[5, 6, 27, 35, 42, 51, 61]

   Partitioning

5

[21, 44, 46, 55, 58]

   Other Clustering

4

[7, 22, 23, 45]

Pattern Mining (PM)

16 (31 %)

[10, 26, 28, 30,31,32, 34, 37, 38, 41, 43, 48,49,50, 57, 60]

   PM + Clustering

3

[10, 30, 37]

Markov Model

10 (20 %)

[9, 19, 20, 24, 25, 33, 36, 56, 62, 66]

   MM + Clustering

7

[9, 24, 25, 33, 36, 62, 66]

Other

9 (18 %)

[8, 29, 39, 40, 47, 52,53,54, 59]

Presentation of results

N

Publications

Visualization

36

   Trajectory

28

[5,6,7,8,9,10, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 35,36,37,38,39,40, 42, 44, 45, 54,55,56, 58, 61, 66]

   Patterns

8

[19, 24, 31, 34, 41, 49, 51, 59]

      Weighted

8 / 4

Trajectory: [23, 25, 33, 36, 39, 45, 54, 56]

Patterns: [19, 24, 31, 51]

      Sankey

5 / 1

Trajectory: [21, 38, 40, 44, 49]

Patterns: [49]

      Timeline

10 / 1

Trajectory: [5,6,7, 27, 35, 40, 42, 55, 56, 58]

Patterns: [24]

Tabular

22

   Trajectory

5

[20, 31, 46, 47, 62]

   Patterns

17

[10, 22, 26, 29, 32, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 48,49,50, 52, 53, 57, 60]

      Weighted

2/14

Trajectory: [20, 47]

Patterns: [10, 22, 29, 32, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 60]