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A Call for a Stronger Role for Fuzzy Logic in Medicine

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Fuzzy Logic in Medicine

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 83))

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The presence of intelligent system applications in the medical environment has been undergoing continual growth [45,47] practically since their earliest days. Such is the case of expert systems, which from their appearance, at the end of the 1960s and the start of the 1970s, has had notable influence in the field of medicine. Some of the best known ones are MYCIN [49], dealing with infectious disease, CASNET [31], in the field of ophthalmology, and INTERNIST [39] focused on the vast field of internal medicine.

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Barro, S., Marín, R. (2002). A Call for a Stronger Role for Fuzzy Logic in Medicine. In: Barro, S., Marín, R. (eds) Fuzzy Logic in Medicine. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 83. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1804-8_1

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