Hypertension Expert System with C5.0 Algorithm and Fuzzy Logic

Expert System is a knowledge-based system which is its knowledge is coming from the experts itself. This system is expected to help users to take best decisions in solving the problems they face. This expert system can be applied in various fields of knowledges. Medical field is one area where expert system is needed in case of taking decision, such as diagnosing and treatment.Hypertension is one of medical disease that can be diagnosed from looking at the patient’s physical characteristics and the patient’s lifestyle. Beside using the experts knowledge in diagnosing process, we also combine it with C5.0 algorithms and fuzzy logic to get precise result. C5.0 algorithm is used to create a decision tree based on the experts, while fuzzy logic used to categorize the type of hypertensive disease that suffered by the patient and increase the level of accuracy of the diagnosing system. The accuracy of the combination between c5.0 algorithm and fuzzy logic is about 97.19%. Keywords: expert system, hypertension, C5.0 algorithms, fuzzy logic