Abstract
Bronchiolitis is a common disease in children and an acute viral infection of the bronchioles that affects millions of children around the world. The assessment of the suspicion of this disease is usually carried out by looking at its signs and
symptoms. However, these signs and symptoms cannot be measured with cent percent certainty, resulting in inaccuracy in determining the occurrence of Bronchiolitis. Therefore, this paper presents the development of a Belief Rule-Based Expert System (BRBES) to assess the suspicion of Bronchiolitis by using
signs and symptoms under uncertainty. The recently developed generic belief rule-based inference methodology by using evidential reasoning (RIMER) acts as the inference engine of this BRBES while belief rule base as the knowledge representation schema. The knowledge base of the system is constructed by
using real patient data and expert opinion from Bangladesh. It has been observed that the results generated by using the BREBES are more reliable than those from the manual system.
symptoms. However, these signs and symptoms cannot be measured with cent percent certainty, resulting in inaccuracy in determining the occurrence of Bronchiolitis. Therefore, this paper presents the development of a Belief Rule-Based Expert System (BRBES) to assess the suspicion of Bronchiolitis by using
signs and symptoms under uncertainty. The recently developed generic belief rule-based inference methodology by using evidential reasoning (RIMER) acts as the inference engine of this BRBES while belief rule base as the knowledge representation schema. The knowledge base of the system is constructed by
using real patient data and expert opinion from Bangladesh. It has been observed that the results generated by using the BREBES are more reliable than those from the manual system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2016 |
Editors | Yaxin Bi, Supriya Kapoor, Rahul Bhatia |
Number of pages | 12 |
Volume | 1 |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
Publication date | 2017 |
Pages | 331-343 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-56993-2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-56994-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 - ExCeL London (CentrEd Conference Center), One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Sept 2016 → 22 Sept 2016 |
Conference
Conference | SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 |
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Location | ExCeL London (CentrEd Conference Center), One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Period | 21/09/2016 → 22/09/2016 |
Series | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
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Volume | 15 |
ISSN | 2367-3370 |
Keywords
- Belief Rule-Base (BRB)
- uncertainty
- RIMER
- Bronchiolitis
- Suspicion
- signs and symptoms