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Medical diagnosis: Fuzzy sets and degrees of belief

Fuzzy Sets and SystemsPublished 1 May 1981
Philippe Smets
Citations65
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score0.75
SNIP1.25

TL;DR

A model simulating the medical diagnostic process is presented and the process is considered as the evaluation by the clinician of his degree of belief concerning the belonging of his patient to a fuzzy set given fuzzy and partial informations.

Abstract

A model simulating the medical diagnostic process is presented. Diagnostic groups are considered as fuzzy sets. Partial knowledge is quantified by belief functions. The process is considered as the evaluation by the clinician of his degree of belief concerning the belonging of his patient to a fuzzy set given fuzzy and partial informations.

Keywords

Computer ScienceBusiness, Management and Accounting