Uncertain fuzzy reasoning: A case study in modelling expert decision making

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-30

  Garibaldi, Jonathan M ^a   Ozen, Turhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interval type 2 fuzzy expert systems; Medical decision making; Nonstationary fuzzy reasoning; Nonstationary type 1 fuzzy expert systems; Umbilical acid base assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY REASONING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

FUZZY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947371714     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2006.889755     Document Type: Article

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