Fuzzy rule-based framework for the management of tropical diseases

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-17

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

cognitive variables; emotional variables; expert system; fuzzy inference; fuzzy logic; malaria; medical diagnosis; membership functions; tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954571974     PISSN: 17550653     EISSN: 17550661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2008.019466     Document Type: Article

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