Knowledge modeling tool for evidence-based design

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 101-123

  Durmisevic, Sanja ^a,b   Ciftcioglu, Özer ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO Duch Center for Health Assets   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evidence based design; Fuzzy neural tree; Information explosion; Knowledge modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUZZY LOGIC; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FUZZY LOGIC; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79952276576     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671000300310     Document Type: Article

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