Fuzzy-Constrained Graph Pattern Matching in Medical Knowledge Graphs

Abstract The research on graph pattern matching (GPM) has attracted a lot of attention. However, most of the research has focused on complex networks, and there are few researches on GPM in the medical field. Hence, with GPM this paper is to make a breast cancer-oriented diagnosis before the surgery. Technically, this paper has firstly made a new definition of GPM, aiming to explore the GPM in the medical field, especially in Medical Knowledge Graphs (MKGs). Then, in the specific matching process, this paper introduces fuzzy calculation, and proposes a multi-threaded bidirectional routing exploration (M-TBRE) algorithm based on depth first search and a two-way routing matching algorithm based on multi-threading. In addition, fuzzy constraints are introduced in the M-TBRE algorithm, which leads to the Fuzzy-M-TBRE algorithm. The experimental results on the two datasets show that compared with existing algorithms, our proposed algorithm is more efficient and effective.