Q-analysis for modeling and decision making

This paper provides an overview of existing and potential applications of a system-theoretic approach called Q-analysis, using the examples of design and analysis of expert systems in medical image processing and analysis: namely the organization of a histopathologic knowledge base. Q-analysis is also applied to a multicriterion decision-making (MCDM) problem using a method called multicriterion Q-analysis (MCQA). A brief discussion of the advantages and limitations of Q-analysis is given, with suggestions for further applications.

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