Ecosystem approach and the Fuzzy logic: a dialectical proposal for information on Environmental Health

Abstract

The ever-growing production and the problematization of Environmental Health have shown the need to apprehend complex realities and deal with uncertainties from the most diversified instruments which may even incorporate local aspects and subjectivities by means of qualitative realities, while broadening the capacity of the information system. This paper presents a view on the reflection upon some challenges and possible convergences between the ecosystemic approach and the Fuzzy logic in the process of dealing with scientific information and decision-making in Environmental Health.Keywords: environmental Health; ecosystemic approach; health indicators; Fuzzy logic. ResumoO avanço da produção intelectual sobre Saúde e Ambiente tem demonstrado a necessidade de apreender realidades que são complexas, além de lidar com suas incertezas. Nesse sentido, os instrumentos utilizados deveriam incorporar aspectos subjetivos e qualitativos, além dos elementos de cunho quantitativo, ao retratar uma condição local. Esse artigo apresenta uma reflexão a respeito dos desafios e dos possíveis pontos de convergência entre uma abordagem ecossistêmica e a lógica Fuzzy nesse processo de lidar com a informação para apoio a tomada de decisão envolvendo Saúde e Ambiente.Palavras-chave: saúde Ambiental; abordagem ecossistêmica; indicadores de saúde; lógica Fuzzy.Endereço para correspondência: Daniel Canavese -Universidade Federal do Paraná -Setor Litoral -Rua Jaguaraíva, 512 -Balneário Caiobá -83260-000 -Matinhos (PR), Brasil

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“…As an alternative strategy, fuzzy modeling provides a logical approach able to deal with uncertainty and match different measures, using linguistic values to simulate human reasoning (Bressane et al, 2016;Liu and Zhou, 2012;Canavese et al, 2012;Janssen et al, 2010;Warmink et al, 2010;Liu et al, 2010;Lermontov et al, 2009;Ascough et al, 2008;Zadeh, 2008;Icaga, 2007;Onkal-Engin et al, 2004;Adriaenssens et al, 2004;Silvert, 2000).…”

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