A fuzzy rule-based expert system for diagnosing asthma

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 17, Issue 2 E, 2010, Pages 129-142

  Fazei Zarandi, M H ^a   Zolnoori, M ^b,c   Moin, M ^d   Heidarnejad, H ^e  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Fuzzy sets; Medical expert system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LIFE CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDES; FUZZY RULE BASED; MEDICAL EXPERT SYSTEM; VERIFICATION-AND-VALIDATION;

DISEASES;

ALLERGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 78951494582     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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