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Using Bayesian Networks for Discovering Temporal-State Transitions in Hemodialysis

In this thesis, we discover knowledge from workflow logs with temporal-state transitions in the form of Bayesian networks. Bayesian network is a graphical model that encodes probabilistic relationships among variables of interest, and easily incorporates with new instances to maintain rules up to date. The Bayesian networks can predict, communicate, train, and offer more alternatives to make better decisions. We demonstrate the proposed method in representing the causal relationships between medical treatments and transitions of patient¡¦s physiological states in the Hemodialysis process. The discovery of clinical pathway patterns of Hemodialysis can be used for predicting possible paths for an admitted patient, and facilitating medical professionals to control the Hemodialysis machines during the Hemodialysis process. The reciprocal knowledge management can be extended from the results in future research.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0802100-164752
Date02 August 2000
CreatorsChiu, Chih-Hung
ContributorsSan-Yih Hwang, Chih-Ping Wei, Fu-Ren Lin
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0802100-164752
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