An ontology-based fuzzy decision support system for multiple sclerosis

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1340-1354

  Esposito, Massimo ^a   De Pietro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ICAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Fuzzy logic; Knowledge Reasoning; Knowledge Representation; Multiple sclerosis; Ontology

Indexed keywords

BINARY CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; FUZZY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY OUTPUT; KNOWLEDGE REASONING; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONTOLOGY-BASED; ROC CURVES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMILARITY MEASURE; SUPPORTING TOOL; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WHITE MATTER LESIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RATING;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 80054705800     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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