Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 35-52 , January 2009

A hybrid hierarchical decision support system for cardiac surgical intensive care patients. Part I: Physiological modelling and decision support system design

  • Mouloud A. Denaï

      Affiliations

    • Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Mahdi Mahfouf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 114 222 5607; fax: +44 114 222 5624.
    • ,
  • Jonathan J. Ross

      Affiliations

    • Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU, United Kingdom

Received 29 December 2007 ,Revised 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2008.11.009

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 35-52 , January 2009

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