ERUDIT-Workshop
Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support
11–12 May 2000, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Fuzzy Logic in Epidemiology

Eduardo Massad¹, Claudio J. Struchiner², and Neli R.S. Ortega^1,3

¹School of Medicine
University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, BR-01246-903 Brazil

e-mail: edmassad@usp.br

²FIOCRUZ
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

³Physics Institute
University of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract. In this paper we briefly review some applications of fuzzy logic concepts to epidemiological problems. We also point some interesting prospects of future work in this field.

(In: Adlassnig, K.-P. (ed.) Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support. Proc. of the ERUDIT Workshop, Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Vienna, p.51.)