International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Fuzzy set theory in medical diagnosis
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Neural networks and fuzzy systems: a dynamical systems approach to machine intelligence
Neural networks and fuzzy systems: a dynamical systems approach to machine intelligence
Neural fuzzy systems: a neuro-fuzzy synergism to intelligent systems
Neural fuzzy systems: a neuro-fuzzy synergism to intelligent systems
A Causal Probabilistic Network for Optimal Treatment of Bacterial Infections
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems (7th Edition)
Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems (7th Edition)
Brain tumor characterization using the soft computing technique of fuzzy cognitive maps
Applied Soft Computing
Fuzzy cognitive map architectures for medical decision support systems
Applied Soft Computing
Benchmarking main activation functions in fuzzy cognitive maps
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice
Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice
Modeling uncertainty in clinical diagnosis using fuzzy logic
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
Modeling complex systems using fuzzy cognitive maps
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
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Uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) is a bacterial infection that affects individuals with normal urinary tracts from both structural and functional perspective. The appropriate antibiotics and treatment suggestions to individuals suffer of uUTI is an important and complex task that demands a special attention. How to decrease the unsafely use of antibiotics and their consumption is an important issue in medical treatment. Aiming to model medical decision making for uUTI treatment, an innovative and flexible approach called fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) is proposed to handle with uncertainty and missing information. The FCM is a promising technique for modeling knowledge and/or medical guidelines/treatment suggestions and reasoning with it. A software tool, namely FCM-uUTI DSS, is investigated in this work to produce a decision support module for uUTI treatment management. The software tool was tested (evaluated) in a number of 38 patient cases, showing its functionality and demonstrating that the use of the FCMs as dynamic models is reliable and good. The results have shown that the suggested FCM-uUTI tool gives a front-end decision on antibiotics' suggestion for uUTI treatment and are considered as helpful references for physicians and patients. Due to its easy graphical representation and simulation process the proposed FCM formalization could be used to make the medical knowledge widely available through computer consultation systems.