Classification based on rules and thyroids dysfunctions

Abstract

Classification in ill-structured domains (ISD) is a difficult problem for the actual statistical and artificial intelligence techniques, because of the intrinsic characteristics of those domains. Classification based on rules is our proposal to overcome the limitations of Statistics and Artificial Intelligence techniques referred to in this particular context. In this paper, an application of the classification based on rules to a set of real data is presented. Data base is about thyroid function and data was provided by a hospital from Zagreb (Croatia) covering a period of two years.