A customisable framework for the assessment of therapies in the solution of therapy decision tasks

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-82

  Manjarrés Riesco, Angeles ^a   Martínez Tomás, Rafael ^a   Mira Mira, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heuristic multiattribute methods; Quality of life measures in health; Therapy decision task

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HEURISTIC METHODS;

THERAPY DECISION TASKS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 0033883328     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(99)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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