A fuzzy taxonomy for e-Health projects

International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 487-504

  D'Urso, Pierpaolo ^a   De Giovanni, Livia ^b   Spagnoletti, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

e Health; Fuzzy clustering; Healthcare; Imprecise evaluation scales; Soft taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; FUZZY TAXONOMIES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; IMPRECISE EVALUATION SCALES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY;

FUZZY CLUSTERING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TAXONOMIES;

HEALTH;

EID: 84883759985     PISSN: 18688071     EISSN: 1868808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13042-012-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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