wFDT - Weighted fuzzy decision trees for prognosis of breast cancer survivability

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 87, Issue , 2008, Pages 141-152

  Khan, Umer ^a   Shin, Hyunjung ^a   Choi, Jong Pill ^b   Kim, Minkoo ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Crisp and fuzzy; Hybridization; Inference; Interpretability; Knowledge based; Membership functions; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CRISP AND FUZZY; HYBRIDIZATION; INFERENCE; INTERPRETABILITY; KNOWLEDGE BASED; PROGNOSIS;

DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84870547848     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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