The development and evaluation of a fuzzy logic expert system for renal transplantation assignment: Is this a useful tool?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 152-173

  Yuan, Yufei ^a   Feldhamer, Stuart ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^c   Fyfe, Fran ^d   Ludwin, David ^d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Fuzzy sets; Health services; Multiple criteria analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036794825     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00271-5     Document Type: Article

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