Intelligent systems have appeared in many technical areas, such as consumer electronics,
robotics and industrial control systems. Many of these intelligent systems are based on fuzzy …

OBJECTIVE:: Handling time-related concepts is essential in medicine. During diagnosis it
can make a substantial difference to know the temporal order in which some symptoms …

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 …

This handbook provides information about fundamental aspects of the field and explores the
myriad applications of fuzzy logic techniques and methods. It presents basic conceptual …

This paper describes the fuzzy knowledge representation framework of the medical
computer consultation system MedFrame/CADIAG-IV as well as the specific knowledge …

This paper presents an effective trend extraction procedure, based on a simple, yet powerful,
representation. Its usefulness for complex system monitoring and decision support is …

OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this paper is to propose and discuss promising directions of
research in the field of temporal representation and reasoning in medicine, taking into …

The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook provides
extensive coverage of modern telecommunication in the medical industry, from sensors on …

Despite all standardization efforts, medical diagnosis is still considered an art. Much of this
status is owed to the fact that medical diagnosis requires a proficiency in coping with …

The recognition of high level clinical scenes is fundamental in patient monitoring. In this
paper, we propose a technique for recognizing a session, ie the clinical process evolution …