Improving medical decisions under incomplete data using interval–valued fuzzy aggregation

Abstract

We state a problem concerning how to make an effective and proper decision in the presence of data incompleteness. As an example we consider a medical diagnostic system where the problem of missing data is commonly encountered. We propose and evaluate an approach that makes it possible to reduce the influence of missing data on the final result and to improve the quality of the decision. The process involves interval-valued fuzzy set modelling, uncertaintification of classical methods, and finally aggregation of the incomplete results. It was verified that the aggregation results in meaningful and accurate decisions despite the missing data.