Analyzing the impact of social factors on homelessness: A Fuzzy Cognitive Map approach

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mago, Vijay K ^a   Morden, Hilary K ^a   Fritz, Charles ^a   Wu, Tiankuang ^a   Namazi, Sara ^a   Geranmayeh, Parastoo ^a   Chattopadhyay, Rakhi ^a   Dabbaghian, Vahid ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex social system; Fuzzy Cognitive Map; Fuzzy logic; Homelessness; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84882518054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-94     Document Type: Article

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