Application of grey system theory in telecare

• Published in: Computers in biology and medicine Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 302 - 306
• Main Author: Huang, Jui-Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2011; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: adults; Aged; attitudes and opinions; Computer applications; Computer Systems; Computers; Female; Grey system theory; Health Services Accessibility; Hospitals; Humans; Information management; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical Informatics - methods; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; Older people; Other; Patient Satisfaction; QoL; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; statistical models; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; System theory; Systems Theory; Taiwan; Telecare; Telemedicine - instrumentation; Telemedicine - methods; Validity; Taiwan; Telecare; Grey system theory; Quality of life; QoL

As a superiority to conventional statistical models, grey models require only a limited amount of data to estimate the behaviour of unknown systems. Grey system theory can be used in the effective factor assessment, and used in large samples where data are not available or uncertain whether the data...