A Bayesian approach to fuzzy hypotheses testing for the estimation of optimal age for vaccination against measles

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Ortega, Neli R S ^a   Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Struchiner, Cláudio José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayes test; Epidemiology; Fuzzy sets; Measles; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; VACCINES;

BAYES TEST; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CONSTANT FUNCTIONS; FUZZY RULE-BASED MODELS; LINGUISTIC MODELING; MEASLES; SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION; TAKAGI-SUGENO-KANG MODEL;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

EID: 48549098627     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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