Analysis by data mining in the emergency medicine triage database at a Taiwanese regional hospital

“Emergency medicine” is the front line of medical service a hospital provides; also it is the department people seek medical care from immediately after an emergency happens. The statistics by the Department of Health, Executive Yuan, indicate that over years, the number of people at the emergency department has been increasing. The US has introduced and practiced the triage system in the emergency medicine in 1960, whereby to aid the emergency department in allocating the patients, to give them appropriate medical care by the fast decision of the nurses and doctors in case of the patients’ seriousness through their judgment.This study takes on the knowledge contained in the massive data of unknown characteristics in the triage database at a Taiwanese regional hospital, using the cluster analysis and the rough set theory as tools for data mining to extract, with the analysis software ROSE2 (Rough Sets Data Explorer) and through rule induction technique, the imprecise, uncertain and vague information of rules from the massive database, and builds the model that is capable of simplifying massive data while maintaining the accuracy in classifying rules. After analyzing and evaluating the knowledge obtained from relevant mining in the hospitals past medical data for the consumption of emergency medical resources, this thesis proposes suggestions as reference for the hospitals in subsequent elevation of medical quality and decrease in operative costs.     

Toward intelligent data warehouse mining: An ontology-integrated approach for multi-dimensional association mining

A data warehouse is an important decision support system with cleaned and integrated data for knowledge discovery and data mining systems. In reality, the data warehouse mining system has provided many applicable solutions in industries, yet there are still many problems causing users extra problems in discovering knowledge or even failing to obtain the real and useful knowledge they need. To improve the overall data warehouse mining process, we present an intelligent data warehouse mining approach incorporated with schema ontology, schema constraint ontology, domain ontology and user preference ontology. The structures of these ontologies are illustrated and how they benefit the mining process is also demonstrated by examples utilizing rule mining. Finally, we present a prototype multidimensional association mining system, which with intelligent assistance through the support of the ontologies, can help users build useful data mining models, prevent ineffective pattern generation, discover concept extended rules, and provide an active knowledge re-discovering mechanism.     

Evaluating the influence of E-marketing on hotel performance by DEA and grey entropy

This study evaluated the hotels’ websites in Taiwan from an Internet marketing perspective. Content analysis was used to analyze and compare the marketing practice on Internet. DEA and grey entropy were used to analyze the impact of Internet marketing on hotel performance. The result showed that Internet marketing can affect the operating performance of tourist hotels. Hoteliers should adopt a more strategic Internet approach to increase business success.     

Fault diagnosis of car assembly line based on fuzzy wavelet kernel support vector classifier machine and modified genetic algorithm

This paper presents a new version of fuzzy wavelet support vector classifier machine to diagnosing the nonlinear fuzzy fault system with multi-dimensional input variables. Since there exist problems of finite samples and uncertain data in complex fuzzy fault system, the input and output variables are described as fuzzy numbers. Then by integrating the fuzzy theory, wavelet analysis theory and v-support vector classifier machine, fuzzy wavelet v-support vector classifier machine (FWv-SVCM) is proposed. To seek the optimal parameters of FWv-SVCM, genetic algorithm (GA) is also applied to optimize unknown parameters of FWv-SVCM. A diagnosing method based on FWv-SVCM and GA is put forward. The results of the application in car assembly line diagnosis confirm the feasibility and the validity of the diagnosing method. Compared with the traditional model and other SVCM methods, FWv-SVCM method requires fewer samples and has better diagnosing precision.     

A new linguistic MCDM method based on multiple-criterion data fusion

Multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is concerned with the ranking of decision alternatives based on preference judgements made on decision alternatives over a number of criteria. First, taking advantage of data fusion technology to comprehensively consider each criterion data is a reasonable idea to solve the MCDM problem. Second, in order to efficiently handle uncertain information in the process of decision making, some well developed mathematical tools, such as fuzzy sets theory and Dempster Shafer theory of evidence, are used to deal with MCDM. Based on the two main reasons above, a new fuzzy evidential MCDM method under uncertain environments is proposed. The rating of the criteria and the importance weight of the criteria are given by experts’ judgments, represented by triangular fuzzy numbers. Then, the weights are transformed into discounting coefficients and the ratings are transformed into basic probability assignments. The final results can be obtained through the Dempster rule of combination in a simple and straight way. A numerical example to select plant location is used to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Car assembly line fault diagnosis based on triangular fuzzy Gaussian support vector classifier machine and modified genetic algorithm

This paper presents a new version of fuzzy support vector classifier machine to diagnose the nonlinear fuzzy fault system with multi-dimensional input variables. Since there exist problems of Gaussian noises and uncertain data in complex fuzzy fault system modeling, the input and output variables are described as fuzzy numbers. Then by integrating fuzzy theory, Gaussian loss function and v-support vector classifier machine, the fuzzy Gaussian v-support vector regression machine (Fg-SVCM) is proposed. To seek the optimal parameters of Fg-SVCM, the modified genetic algorithm (GA) is also applied to optimize parameters of Fg-SVCM. A diagnosing method based on Fg-SVCM and GA is put forward. The results of application in fault diagnosis of car assembly line show the hybrid diagnosis model based on Fg-SVCM and PSO is feasible and effective, and the comparison between the method proposed in this paper and other ones is also given, which proves this method is better than other v-SVCMs.     

Tuning of multi-loop PI controllers based on gain and phase margin specifications

In this paper, a single-iteration strategy is proposed for the design of a multi-loop PI controller to achieve the desired gain and phase margins for two-input and two-output (TITO) processes. To handle loop interactions, a TITO system is converted into two equivalent single loops with uncertainties drawn from interactions. The maximum uncertainty is estimated for the initial controller design in one loop and single-input and single-output (SISO) controller design is applied. This controller is substituted to other equivalent loop for design, and finally, the first loop controller is refined on knowledge of other loop controller. For SISO controller tuning, a new method is presented to determine the achievable gain and phase margins as well as the relevant controller parameters. Examples are given for illustration and comparison.     

基于虚拟机的运行时入侵检测技术研究

入侵检测技术通常分为误用检测和异常检测两类,误用检测根据攻击模式库检测已知的攻击行为,但却难以防范未知的攻击行为;异常检测技术虽然可以预测偏离正常值阈区间的潜在攻击行为,但却存在较高的误报现象。在虚拟机监视器中对虚拟机操作系统的运行行为进行带外监控,避免了操作系统内监控模块被病毒感染的难题;通过监视虚拟机的运行时行为,对之作组合序列的合法性分析,扩展了误用检测防范长时间段攻击行为的能力,识别通过合法系统调用进行的恶意攻击。测试数据表明,该技术能够较好地检测出复杂组合攻击行为。     

一种认知无线电网络接入控制和功率控制联合设计

在underlay频谱共享模式下,提出一种认知无线电网络接入控制和功率控制的联合算法。该算法针对主用户干扰温度和次用户信号干扰噪声比(SINR)限制,通过引入冲突因子,实现网络自适应调整被拒绝参与频谱共享的次用户数目,通过迭代进行接入控制和功率分配实现频谱共享。仿真结果表明,该算法能够保证接入共享主网络频带的次用户数近似最优,而且缩短了接入控制的时间。     

Online deadline scheduling with preemption penalties

This paper presents a study of the problem of online deadline scheduling under the preemption penalty model of Zheng, Xu, and Zhang (2007). In that model, each preemption incurs a penalty of ρ times the weight of the preempted job, where ρ ? 0 is the preemption penalty parameter. The objective is to maximise the total weight of jobs completed on time minus the total penalty.