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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sources
2.2. Technology Selection through Decision Matrices
2.3. Software Architecture
2.4. Software Development
2.5. Raw ECG Signal Preprocessing
2.6. Probabilistic Analysis Framework
3. Results
3.1. Web Interface and Execution Results
3.2. Database-Based Validation Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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| Criterion | React | Vue | Angular | Vanilla JS® |
| Graphics rendering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Complex state management | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Development time | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Bundle size | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Ecosystem maturity | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 21 | 17 | 11 |
| Criterion | PHP | Node.js | Flask | .NET |
| Legacy compatibility | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Prototyping speed | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Memory efficiency | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Database connectivity | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Cloud deployment | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| Criterion | Python® | C++ | R® | MATLAB® |
| Processing speed | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Backend compatibility | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Memory usage | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Statistical functions | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| License cost | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
| Hour | Average Heart Rate (BPM) | Hour | Average Heart Rate (BPM) |
| 0 | 117.57 | 12 | 54.3 |
| 1 | 75.26 | 13 | 57.81 |
| 2 | 62.61 | 14 | 54.83 |
| 3 | 62.49 | 15 | 52.07 |
| 4 | 64.93 | 16 | 53.33 |
| 5 | 65.13 | 17 | 56.07 |
| 6 | 55.85 | 18 | 50.98 |
| 7 | 61.23 | 19 | 51.19 |
| 8 | 61.66 | 20 | 56.48 |
| 9 | 54.41 | 21 | 54.53 |
| 10 | 56.14 | 22 | 61.87 |
| 11 | 60.32 | 23 | 75.84 |
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