Title :
Ontology-based Fuzzy Inference Agent for Diabetes Classification
Author :
Wang, Mei-Hui ; Lee, Chang-Shing ; Li, Huan-Chung ; Ko, Wei-Min
Author_Institution :
Nat. Univ. of Tainan, Tainan
Abstract :
Diabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuing medical care and patient self-management to prevent acute complications and to reduce the risk of long-term complications. This paper presents an ontology-based fuzzy inference agent, including a fuzzy inference engine, and a fuzzy rule base, for diabetes classification. The diabetes disease dataset used in our study is retrieved from the UCI Machine Learning Database. The experimental results indicate that the proposed approach can work effectively for classifying the diabetes.
Keywords :
diseases; fuzzy reasoning; health care; learning (artificial intelligence); ontologies (artificial intelligence); patient care; UCI machine learning database; chronic illness; diabetes classification; fuzzy inference engine; medical care; ontology-based fuzzy inference agent; patient self-management; Computer science; Databases; Decision support systems; Diabetes; Diseases; Engines; Fuzzy systems; Insulin; Medical diagnostic imaging; Ontologies;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2007. NAFIPS '07. Annual Meeting of the North American
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1213-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1214-5
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2007.383815