Automated Diagnosis Through Ontologies and Logical Descriptions: The ADONIS Approach

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-39

  Rodríguez González, Alejandro ^a   García Crespo, Angel ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Gayo, José Emilio Labra ^b   Gómez Berbís, Juan Miguel ^a   Alor Hernández, Giner ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ORIZABA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Automated Diagnosis; Logical Descriptions; Medical Diagnosis; Ontologies; Semantic Technologies; Semantic Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001858124     PISSN: 19416296     EISSN: 1941630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdsst.2011010102     Document Type: Article

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