Application of the genetic algorithm to nutritional counseling

Author

Alkhalifa, A.Y. ; Niccolai, M.J. ; Nowack, W.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., South Alabama Univ., Mobile, AL, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

4-6 Apr 1997

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Malnutrition and poverty are interacting problems in the developing nations of the world. One of the causes contributing to malnutrition is incorrect dietary selection. We developed a component of an information system for selection of a nutritionally, culturally, economically and geographically appropriate diet. This selection algorithm is based on a commercially available implementation of the genetic algorithm. This proof of concept suggests a way that computer systems developed in the industrialized world can be adapted to help in the developing world

Keywords

economics; genetic algorithms; medical information systems; social sciences computing; technology transfer; commercial implementation; culture; developing nations; diet; dietary selection; economics; genetic algorithm; geography; industrialized world; information system; malnutrition; nutritional counseling; poverty; Africa; Application software; Diseases; Employee welfare; Environmental economics; Genetic algorithms; Information science; Information systems; Mobile computing; Nervous system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 Sixteenth Southern

Conference_Location

Biloxi, MS

ISSN

1086-4105

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3869-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBEC.1997.583210

Filename

583210