Title :
Modelling uncertainty in the connection between socio-economic factors and health & health-related behavior of adolescents in Georgia
Author :
Kiseliova, Tatiana ; Pagava, Karaman ; Phagava, Helen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State Univ., Tbilisi, Georgia
Abstract :
This paper represents the results of investigation establishing a connection of socio-economic factors and adolescents´ health in Georgia. Health indicators are extracted from the special anonymous survey on adolescents in Georgia. The socio-economic factors are evaluated by independent experts. Methods based on elements of statistical analysis as well as on similarity relations from fuzzy set theory are applied to obtain connectivity between health indicators and socio-economic factors. The results show not only pairwise connection between both types of evidences but the group influence as well.
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; health care; socio-economic effects; statistical analysis; adolescents; fuzzy set theory; health-related behavior; modelling uncertainty; socio-economic factors; statistical analysis; Biotechnology; Educational institutions; Fuzzy set theory; Information processing; Java; Pediatrics; Region 1; Statistical analysis; Uncertainty; Unemployment; α-cuts; adolescent; connectivity; fuzzy relations; health indicator; medicine; socio-economic factor;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2009. NAFIPS 2009. Annual Meeting of the North American
Conference_Location :
Cincinnati, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4575-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4577-6
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2009.5156392