Ebinformatics: Ebola fuzzy informatics systems on the diagnosis, prediction and recommendation of appropriate treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD)

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-37

  Oluwagbemi, Olugbenga ^a   Oluwagbemi, Folakemi ^b   Abimbola, Oluyemi ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LOKOJA   (Nigeria)

^b Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ebola; Fuzzy; Informatics; Recommender

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010408534     PISSN: 23529148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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