Experimental study of fuzzy-rule based management of tropical diseases: Case of malaria diagnosis

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 137, Issue , 2008, Pages 328-339

  Obot, Okure U ^a   Uzoka, Faith Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fuzzy; Malaria; Rule base; Tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TROPICS;

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; FUZZY; KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MALARIA; RULE BASE; TROPICAL DISEASE; VISUAL BASIC .NET;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FUZZY LOGIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPICAL MEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 52649085847     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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