A proposal of a fuzzy rule-based system for the analysis of health and health environments in Brazil |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St Clair, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611;2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California;3. Department of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;1. Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan;2. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan;3. Wel-Han Environmental Industrial Co., Ltd., Neipu Township, Pingtung County 91201, Taiwan;1. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China |
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| Abstract: | A challenging activity in the promotion of sustainable development is to synthesise indicators that can support decision-making. In developing countries such as Brazil, the use of information in support of the health and health-related environment of humans needs improvement. This paper presents a proposal for a system that can evaluate human health and urban environment sanitation in an integrated manner. The indicators selected for human health were child mortality rate, mortality rate due to acute diarrhoea for all ages and 1–4-year-old mortality rate due to acute respiratory tract infections. Environmental sanitation has been represented by indicators of sanitation coverage, such as sewerage. The paper describes the design of a fuzzy linguistic model that synthesises these indicators. The designed fuzzy rule-based system has proved to be a useful tool to integrate information and assist in the public planning of interrelated areas. |
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| Keywords: | Fuzzy logic Environmental sanitation Environmental condition Health primary care indicators Modelling |
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