title: On the use and usefulness of fuzzy sets in medical AI.
abstract: Since its inception fuzzy set theory has been regarded as a formalism suitable to deal with the imprecision intrinsic to many medical problems. Based on a literature survey on the first 30 years, we investigate the impact fuzzy set theory has had on the work in medical AI and point out what it is most appreciated for.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische Informatik, Rechnergestützte Wissensverarbeitung, Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 4, D-30167, Hannover, Germany. steimann@acm.org
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authors.lastname: Steimann
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D006801:Humans; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing