Fuzzy gradual rules in epidemiology

Kybernetes

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 460-477

  Ortega, Neli ^a   Barros, Laécio C ^b   Massad, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Epidemiology; Fuzzy logics; Medicine

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUZZY LOGIC; MEDICINE;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; EXTENSION PRINCIPLES; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; GRADUAL RULES; INFERENCE METHODS; MAMDANI;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

EID: 0037266709     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920310463876     Document Type: Article

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