Fuzzy Logic in Medicine and Bioinformatics

Torres, Angela; Nieto, Juan J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/JBB/2006/91908

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Volume 2006 | Article ID 091908 | https://doi.org/10.1155/JBB/2006/91908

Fuzzy Logic in Medicine and Bioinformatics

Angela Torres¹and Juan J. Nieto²

Received29 Aug 2005

Revised09 Dec 2005

Accepted13 Dec 2005

Published26 Mar 2006

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a general view of the current applications of fuzzy logic in medicine and bioinformatics. We particularly review the medical literature using fuzzy logic. We then recall the geometrical interpretation of fuzzy sets as points in a fuzzy hypercube and present two concrete illustrations in medicine (drug addictions) and in bioinformatics (comparison of genomes).

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