Applications of fuzzy theory on health care: An example of depression disorder classification based on FCM

WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Yu, Sen Chi ^a   Lin, Yuan Horng ^b  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Fuzzy c means; Fuzzy logic; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY;

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI); PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT;

FUZZY SYSTEMS;

EID: 41149145110     PISSN: 17900832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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