Constructing new drug adoption rules in medical institution

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1359-1364

  Cheng, Ching Hsue ^a   Chen, Jr Shian ^a,b   Wang, Jia Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Drug adoption; Fuzzy logic; Healthcare

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY INFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

DELPHI METHOD; DRUG ADOPTION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

EID: 38049095156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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