A framework for rule-base evidential reasoning in the interval setting applied to diagnosing type 2 diabetes

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4190-4200

  Sevastianov, P ^a   Dymova, L ^a   Bartosiewicz, P ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Expert system; Fuzzy logic; Interval analysis

Indexed keywords

BELIEF STRUCTURES; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; INTERVAL COMPARISONS; INTERVAL-VALUED; RULE BASE; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 82255179248     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.09.115     Document Type: Article

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