On Complexity of Syndromes from View of High Dimensions and High Ranks
- VernacularTitle:论高维高阶与证候的复杂性
- Author:
Lei GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
syndromes;
high dimensions;
high ranks;
complexity
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The complexity of syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine comes from their high dimensions and high ranks.The high-dimensional characteristics of syndromes manifest in various and numerous space elements that constitute the clinical syndrome system.The elements can be grouped into at least nine categories including pathogenesis,pathological mechanism,pathological nature,pathological situation,pathological changes,and symptoms,relationships between evil QI and healthy QI,and body state.Furthermore,each element contains several sub-elements. The high-rank characteristics of syndromes manifest in the complex relationships among the elements.Dependency relationships among the elements of the lung diseases were extensively studied using Bayesian network technology.The result shows that the dependency relationships exhibit typically complex and nonlinear characteristics,linear and nonlinear interactions among the elements lead to a complex syndrome network architecture.
