A Belief Rule Based Decision Support System to Assess Multiple Disease Suspicion from Signs and Symptoms Under UncertaintyShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Intelligent Computing and Optimization: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Optimization 2023 (ICO2023), Volume 4 / [ed] Pandian Vasant; Vladimir Panchenko; Elias Munapo; Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber; J. Joshua Thomas; Rolly Intan; Mohammad Shamsul Arefin, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024, p. 239-250Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This paper introduces a novel approach to decision support systems that have the capacity to diagnose multiple diseases, addressing the challenge of distinguishing between bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia. These acute viral infections, prevalent in both children and older adults globally, present overlapping symptoms that can confound traditional diagnostic methods. To navigate this complexity, we employ the Belief Rule-Based Inference Methodology using Evidential Reasoning (RIMER), capable of handling diverse and maximal uncertainties in knowledge representation and inference. Our objective is to develop a decision support system, the Belief Rule-Based Expert System (BRBES), which integrates actual patient data and expert opinions into its knowledge base. Through rigorous testing on simulated patient data, our system demonstrates enhanced diagnostic performance, surpassing traditional methods as corroborated by Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve (ROC) analysis, thus establishing its reliability and superiority in multiple disease assessment.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024. p. 239-250
Series
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISSN 2367-3370, E-ISSN 2367-3389 ; 1169
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Cyber Security
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-111948DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73324-6_24Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85218447555OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-111948DiVA, id: diva2:1943499
Note
ISBN for host publication: 978-3-031-73323-9 (Print), 978-3-031-73324-6 (Online)
2025-03-112025-03-112025-10-21Bibliographically approved