Fuzzy Cognitive Map Hierarchical Triage Decision Support for the Elderly

Voula C. Georgopoulos, Chrysostomos D. Stylios

2013

Abstract

Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) is a soft computing technique that has successfully been used to model complex systems and to develop Medical Decision Support Systems for many medical discipline applications. FCMs have a great ability to handle complexity, uncertainty and abstract inference as is the case in the health care sector. In this work a Hierarchical structure is introduced within an integrated health system where the Supervisor is modelled as an abstract FCM to support the triaging procedure. At the lower level, the FCM-ESI DSS is used to estimate the Triage ESI level of every patient. This FCM-ESI DSS is developed based on a novel approach, which ensures a high degree of inferring from human experts.

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C. Georgopoulos V. and D. Stylios C. (2013). Fuzzy Cognitive Map Hierarchical Triage Decision Support for the Elderly . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: HA, (SIMULTECH 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-69-3, pages 577-583. DOI: 10.5220/0004634105770583


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@conference{ha13,
author={Voula C. Georgopoulos and Chrysostomos D. Stylios},
title={Fuzzy Cognitive Map Hierarchical Triage Decision Support for the Elderly },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: HA, (SIMULTECH 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={577-583},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004634105770583},
isbn={978-989-8565-69-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: HA, (SIMULTECH 2013)
TI - Fuzzy Cognitive Map Hierarchical Triage Decision Support for the Elderly
SN - 978-989-8565-69-3
AU - C. Georgopoulos V.
AU - D. Stylios C.
PY - 2013
SP - 577
EP - 583
DO - 10.5220/0004634105770583