Fuzzy Systems in Medicine (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)
Contributors: Piotr S. Szczepaniak (Editor); Paulo J.G. Lisboa (Editor); Janusz Kacprzyk (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
Published: March 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9783790812633
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Medical equipment & techniques; Medicine (General); Computers; Computer Applications; Medical / Nursing; Computer Books: General; Life Sciences - General; Fuzzy systems in medicine; Administration; Artificial Intelligence - General; Fuzzy Sets; Fuzzy Systems; Medical / Administration; Medical Technology; Neural networks (Neurobiology); General
First sentence: This paper is basically meant to be a short, yet informative, exposition of fuzzy sets theory viewed from the perspective of being a simple, yet powerful set of tools and techniques for the representation and handling of imprecisely specified concepts, descriptions, properties, relations, etc. which are characteristic for natural languages and human thinking and reasoning processes.
Description: Provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of fuzziness together with a compilation of recent advances in the application to medicine. The tutorials in the first part of the book range from basic concepts through theoretical frameworks to rule simplification through data clustering methodologies and the design of multivariate rule bases through self-learning by mapping fuzzy systems onto neural network structures. The case studies which follow are representative of the wide range of applications currently pursued in relation to medicine. The majority of applications presented in this book are about bridging the gap between low-level sensor measurements and intermediate or high-level data representations. The book offers a comprehensive perspective from leading authorities world-wide and provides a tantalising glimpse into the role of sophisticated knowledge engineering methods in shaping the landscape of medical technology in the future.