Clinical decision support system (DSS) in the diagnosis of malaria: A case comparison of two soft computing methodologies

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1537-1553

  Uzoka, Faith Michael E ^a   Osuji, Joseph ^a   Obot, Okure ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Fuzzy; Malaria; Medical decision support system; Medical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; SOFT COMPUTING;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78049527835     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.07.068     Document Type: Article

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