Computational Intelligence Techniques in Health Care

This book presents research on emerging computational intelligence techniques and tools, with a particular focus on new trends and applications in health care. Healthcare is a multi-faceted domain, which incorporates advanced decision-making, remote monit

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P.V. Lakshmi Wengang Zhou P. Satheesh Editors

Computational Intelligence Techniques in Health Care

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Forensic and Medical Bioinformatics

Series editors Amit Kumar, Hyderabad, India Allam Appa Rao, Hyderabad, India

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11910

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Editors P.V. Lakshmi Department of Information Technology GITAM Institute of Technology GITAM University Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh India

P. Satheesh MVGR College Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh India

Wengang Zhou DuPont Pioneer Johnston, IA USA

ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ISSN 2196-8845 ISSN 2196-8853 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Forensic and Medical Bioinformatics ISBN 978-981-10-0307-3 ISBN 978-981-10-0308-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0308-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016935565 © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.

Preface

This volume seeks to provide evidential research in emerging areas of computational intelligence techniques and tools, with a particular focus on emerging trends and applications in healthcare. Healthcare is a multifaceted domain, which incorporates advanced decision-making, remote monitoring, healthcare logistics, operational excellence, and modern information systems. In recent years, computational intelligence methods are being studied in order to address the scale and the complexity of the problems in the healthcare domain. Computational intelligence provides considerable promise for advancing many aspects of the healthcare practice, including clinical aspects as well as administrative and management aspects. This volume is a collecti