Domain experts' knowledge-based intelligent decision support system in occupational shoulder and neck pain therapy

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1762-1769

  Padma, T ^a   Balasubramanie, P ^b  

^a SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy processing; Domain expert; Fuzzy knowledge based decision support system; Fuzzy set theory; Musculoskeletal disorder; Shoulder and neck pain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESSING; DOMAIN EXPERTS; FUZZY KNOWLEDGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 78751640779     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2010.05.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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