A review of fuzzy cognitive maps in medicine: Taxonomy, methods, and applications

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 129-145

  Amirkhani, Abdollah ^a   Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I ^b   Mohseni, Akram ^a   Mosavi, Mohammad R ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b University of Central Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs); Medical decision support system (MDSS); Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MEDICINE; SURVEYS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER AIDED TECHNIQUE; DECISION SUPPORT PROBLEM; DECISION-MAKING METHOD; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS (FCMS); MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PRACTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

DIAGNOSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MODEL; PREDICTION; TAXONOMY; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FUZZY LOGIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LUNG DISEASES; MEDICAL ERROR; MENINGITIS; NEOPLASMS; OBSTETRICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FUZZY LOGIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LUNG DISEASES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENINGITIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OBSTETRICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85014013394     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.02.021     Document Type: Review

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