Framework for eliciting knowledge for a medical laboratory diagnostic expert system

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 5009-5016

  Osuagwu, Charles C ^a   Okafor, Eric C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Eliciting knowledge; Expert system; Fuzzy modeling; Medical laboratory diagnostic; Membership functions

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLES; DIAGNOSTIC EXPERT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC REPORT; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FUZZY MODELING; HUMAN EXPERT; KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION; KNOWLEDGE EXPERTS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MEDICAL EXPERTS; MEDICAL LABORATORIES; MEDICAL LITERATURES; NIGERIA; PRODUCTION RULES; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; DATA VISUALIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

DATA MINING;

EID: 77950189654     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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