Fuzzy logic in action: applications in epidemiology and beyond

Fuzzy Logic in Action: Applications in Epidemiology and Beyond, co-authored by Eduardo Massad, Neli Ortega, Laécio Barros, and Cláudio Struchiner is a remarkable achievement. The book brings a major paradigm shift to medical sciencesexploring the use of fuzzy sets in epidemiology and medical diagnosis arena. The volume addresses the most significant topics in the broad areas of epidemiology, mathematical modeling and uncertainty, embodying them within the framework of fuzzy set and dynamic systems theory. 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. The latest about Information Retrieval in the internet INDICE: Introduction.- Basic concepts of fuzzy sets theory.- Modern epidemiology.- Probability, possibility and fuzzy events.- Fuzzy logic and risk estimators.- Fuzzy decision making in public health strategies.- Fuzzy rule-based models in epidemiology.- Fuzzy rule-based dynamical models.- Fuzzy dynamical systems in epidemic modelling.- Classical dynamical systems with fuzzy rule-based Parameters.- Fuzzy Reed-Frost model.- Hybrid models in epidemiology.- ...and beyond: Fuzzy logic in medical diagnosis.- Final reflexions.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-69092-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 370
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés