Classification of the severity of diabetic neuropathy: A new approach taking uncertainties into account using fuzzy logic

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-156

  Picon, Andreja P ^a   Ortega, Neli R S ^a   Watari, Ricky ^a   Sartor, Cristina ^a   Sacco, Isabel C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic neuropathies; Expert systems; Fuzzy sets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84857678418     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(02)10     Document Type: Article

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