Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 91908, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/JBB/2006/91908
Review Article

Fuzzy Logic in Medicine and Bioinformatics

Angela Torres1 and Juan J. Nieto2

 1Departamento de Psiquiatría, Radiología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
2Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
Received 29 August 2005; Revised 9 December 2005; Accepted 13 December 2005

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a general view of the current applications of fuzzy logic in medicine and bioinformatics. We particularly review the medical literature using fuzzy logic. We then recall the geometrical interpretation of fuzzy sets as points in a fuzzy hypercube and present two concrete illustrations in medicine (drug addictions) and in bioinformatics (comparison of genomes).