An ontological framework for representing and exploiting medical knowledge

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-230

  Torralba Rodríguez, Francisco Jesús ^a   Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás ^a   García, Rafael Valencia ^a   Ruíz Sánchez, Juana María ^a   Martínez Béjar, Rodrigo ^a   Gómez Rubí, Juan Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Management; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038521340     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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