Knowledge elicitation for performance assessment in a computerized surgical training system

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3697-3708

  Riojas, Mario ^a   Feng, Chuan ^a   Hamilton, Allan ^a,b   Rozenblit, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Knowledge elicitation; Membership functions; Minimally invasive surgery (MIS); Objective assessment; Surgical training systems

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MODELS; KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION; MEDICAL STUDENTS; METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; ORDINAL VARIABLES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE DATA; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PROFICIENCY LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEMS; SURGICAL TRAINING SYSTEMS;

FUZZY SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; RATING; STUDENTS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 79954592096     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2011.01.041     Document Type: Article

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