A diagnostic reasoning and optimal treatment model for bacterial infections with fuzzy information

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-37

  Kao, Han Ying ^a   Li, Han Lin ^b  

^a HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Constraints; Diagnostic reasoning; Fuzzy parameters; Influence diagrams; Optimal treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; FUZZY INFORMATION; PATHOGENS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; FUZZY SETS; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FUZZY INFORMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 11344295309     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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