Case-Based Reasoning Approach For Thalassaemia Diagnosis

This thesis proposes a Case-based Reasoning model for medical diagnosis, particularly for Thalassaemia diagnosis. The model is designed and a prototype is developed to test the diagnosis accuracy of the model. Two local similarity combined with two global similarity is evaluated to identify the sui...

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Case-Based Reasoning Approach For Thalassaemia Diagnosis
description This thesis proposes a Case-based Reasoning model for medical diagnosis, particularly for Thalassaemia diagnosis. The model is designed and a prototype is developed to test the diagnosis accuracy of the model. Two local similarity combined with two global similarity is evaluated to identify the suitable similarity function for the model. The appropriate K value for Nearest Neighbour also identified for this model. Finally, the testing done using leave one out method on Thalassaemia cases from Alor Star General Hospital and the testing demonstrates 88% of diagnosis accuracy. The results show that case-based reasoning model has a great potential to be implemented in diagnosing thalassaemia cases.
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spelling my-uum-etd.19372013-07-24T12:13:47Z Case-Based Reasoning Approach For Thalassaemia Diagnosis 2005 Rohani, S. Mohamed Farook Faculty of Information Technology Universiti Utara Malaysia QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This thesis proposes a Case-based Reasoning model for medical diagnosis, particularly for Thalassaemia diagnosis. The model is designed and a prototype is developed to test the diagnosis accuracy of the model. Two local similarity combined with two global similarity is evaluated to identify the suitable similarity function for the model. The appropriate K value for Nearest Neighbour also identified for this model. Finally, the testing done using leave one out method on Thalassaemia cases from Alor Star General Hospital and the testing demonstrates 88% of diagnosis accuracy. The results show that case-based reasoning model has a great potential to be implemented in diagnosing thalassaemia cases. 2005 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1937/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1937/1/CASE-BASED_REASONING_APPROACH_FOR_THALASSAEMIA_DIAGNOSIS_-_ROHANI_S._MOHAMED_FAROOK.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1937/2/1.CASE-BASED_REASONING_APPROACH_FOR_THALASSAEMIA_DIAGNOSIS_-_ROHANI_S._MOHAMED_FAROOK.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Faculty of Information Technology Aamodt, A. & Plaza, A. (1994). Case—Based Reasoning: Foundational Issues, Methodological Variations, and System Approaches. AICom-Artyicial Intelligence Communication, IOS Press, 7: l, pp, 39-59. Aha, D. & Breslow, L, (1997). Refining conversational case libraries. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning. 267-278, Berlin: Springer Verlag. Aha, D.W. (1998). The Omnipresence of Case-Based Reasoning in Science and Application. 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