@ARTICLE { Rsds1707,
author = {Mitra, Sushmita and Mitra, Pabitra}, 
title = {Staging of Cervical Cancer with Soft Computing}, 
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering}, 
number = 	{(no. 7)}, 
volume = 47, 
pages = {934-940}, 
year = 2000, 
abstract = {This article describes a way of designing a hybrid decision support system in soft computing paradigm for detecting the different stages of cervical cancer. Hybridization includes the evolution of knowledge-based subnetwork modules with genetic algorithms (GAs) using rough set theory and ID3 algorithm. Crude subnetworks obtained via rough set theory and the ID3 algorithm. are evolved using GAs. The evolution uses a restricted mutation operator which utilizes the knowledge of the modular structure, already generated, for faster convergence. The GA tunes the network weights and structure simultaneously. The aforesaid integration enhances the performance in terms of classification score, network size and training time, as compared to the conventional Multi Layer Perceptron (MLP). This methodology also helps in imposing a structure on the weights, which results in a network more suitable for extraction of logical rules and human interpretation of the inferencing procedure.}, 
keywords = {medical decision support system, knowledge-based networks, rough sets, ID3, genetic algorithms, modular neural networks, classification, }, 
}