A fuzzy inference map approach to cope with uncertainty in modeling medical knowledge and making decisions

Intelligent Decision Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-235

  Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuzzy cognitive maps; Knowledge representation; Knowledge based systems; Medical decision making; Modeling; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013569941     PISSN: 18724981     EISSN: 18758843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IDT-2011-0108     Document Type: Article

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