An approach to fuzzy soft sets in decision making based on grey relational analysis and Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence: An application in medical diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-171

  Li, Zhaowen ^a   Wen, Guoqiu ^b   Xie, Ningxin ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dempster Shafer theory of evidence; Fuzzy soft set; Grey relational analysis; Medical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; FORMAL LOGIC; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; SET THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BASIC PROBABILITY ASSIGNMENT FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER RULE; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; FUZZY SOFT SETS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMPSTER SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; FUZZY SOFT SET; FUZZY SYSTEM; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNCERTAINTY; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84940584046     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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