Accuracy enhancement in a fuzzy expert decision making system through appropriate determination of membership functions and its application in a medical diagnostic decision making system

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1607-1620

  Das, Suddhasattwa ^a   Chowdhury, Shubhajit Roy ^b   Saha, Hiranmay ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Expert system; Fuzzy systems; Medical diagnosis; Type 2 fuzzy sets

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; UREA;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84864062433     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9623-8     Document Type: Article

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