Expert systems and uncertainty in medical diagnosis: A proposal for fuzzy-ANP hybridisation

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-342

  Uzoka, Faith Michael E ^a   Barker, Ken ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHP; analytic hierarchy process; analytic network process; ANP; expert systems; fuzzy logic; hybrid systems; medical diagnosis; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78049475708     PISSN: 17550653     EISSN: 17550661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2010.036305     Document Type: Article

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