A fuzzy cognitive map approach to differential diagnosis of specific language impairment

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-278

  Georgopoulos, Voula C ^a   Malandraki, Georgia A ^a   Stylios, Chrysostomos D ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Differential diagnosis; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Knowledge based systems; Language disorders; Soft computing

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; FUZZY SETS;

COGNITIVE MAPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSLEXIA; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0344084099     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(02)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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