RACER: Rule-associated CasE-based reasoning for supporting general practitioners in prescription making

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 8079-8089

  Ting, S L ^a   Wang, W M ^a   Kwok, S K ^a   Tsang, Albert H C ^a   Lee, W B ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Association rules mining; Case based Reasoning; Decision support; Hybrid intelligent system; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION RULES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEDICINE;

ASSOCIATION RULES MINING; CASEBASED REASONINGS (CBR); DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION SUPPORTS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HYBRID INTELLIGENT SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 77957831724     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.05.080     Document Type: Article

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