Fuzzy logic in action
Subtitle: applications in epidemiology and beyond
By: Eduardo Massad ... [et al.].
Series: Studies in fuzziness and soft computing -- v. 232; Studies in fuzziness and soft computing -- v. 232.
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9783540690924
Subjects: Epidemiology; Mathematical models; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets
Description: "Written by leading contributors to the area of epidemiology, medical informatics and mathematics, the book combines a very lucid and authoritative exposition of the fundamentals of fuzzy sets with an insightful use of the fundamentals in the area of epidemiology and diagnosis. The content is clearly illustrated by numerous illustrative examples and several real world applications. Based on their profound knowledge of epidemiology and mathematical modeling, and on their keen understanding of the role played by uncertainty and fuzzy sets, the authors provide insights into the connections between biological phenomena and dynamic systems as a mean to predict, diagnose, and prescribe actions. An example is the use of Bellman-Zadeh fuzzy decision making approach to develop a vaccination strategy to manage measles epidemics in Sao Paulo." "The book offers a comprehensive, systematic, fully updated and self-contained treatise of fuzzy sets in epidemiology and diagnosis. Its content covers material of vital interest to students, researchers and practitioners and is suitable both as a textbook and as a reference. The authors present new results of their own in most of the chapters. In doing so, they reflect the trend to view fuzzy sets, probability theory and statistics as an association of complementary and synergetic modeling methodologies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Basic Concepts of Fuzzy Sets Theory; title: 3. Modern Epidemiology; title: 4. Probability, Possibility and Fuzzy Events; title: 5.Fuzzy Logic and Risk Estimators; title: 6. Fuzzy Decision Making in Public Health Strategies; title: 7. Fuzzy Rule-Based Models in Epidemiology; title: 8. Fuzzy Rule-Based Dynamical Models; title: 9. Fuzzy Dynamical Systems in Epidemic Modeling; title: 10. Classical Dynamical Systems with Fuzzy Rule-Based Parameters; title: 11. Fuzzy Reed-Frost Model; title: 12. Hybrid Models in Epidemiology; title: 13. ... and Beyond: Fuzzy Logic in Medical Diagnosis; title: 14. Final Reflexions.