This paper compares two different approaches to computer-aided analysis of ECG signals. ECG records are preprocessed by the wavelet transform, and the machine learning method of decision trees and fuzzy rules induction are used for classification. The wavelet transform allows good localisation of QRS complexes, P and T waves in time and amplitude. The average accuracy of detection of all events...

Wire rope is a very useful and long lasting structural element when properly used and maintained. For a failure such as that of crane wire rope, it is often very difficult to estimate precise failure rates or failure probabilities of individual components or failure events. Conventional fault tree analysis (FTA) is based on the probability assumption. When the failure probability of a system is...

This paper proposes a methodology of maintaining Case Based Reasoning (CBR) systems by using fuzzy decision tree induction a machine learning technique. The methodology is mainly based on the idea that a large case library can be transformed to a small case library together with a group of adaptation rules, which are generated by fuzzy decision trees. Firstly, an approach to learning feature we...

In 1997, health authorities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil designed a vaccination campaign against measles based on a decision model that utilized fuzzy logic. The chosen mass vaccination strategy was implemented and changed the natural course of the epidemic in that state. We have built a model using a decision tree and compare it to the fuzzy logic model. Using essentially the same set of ...

Soft computing techniques are becoming popular in designing real world applications. Researchers are trying to integrate different soft computing paradigms such as fuzzy logic, artificial neural network, genetic algorithms, decision trees etc. to develop hybrid intelligent autonomous classification systems that provide more flexibility by exploiting tolerance and uncertainty of real life situat...