Misunderstanding between knowledge engineers and domain experts: A re-evaluation of the use of induction for medical expert systems

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  File, P E ^a   Dugard, P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evaluation; Expert systems; Machine learning; Rule induction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

INDUCTION ALGORITHMS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031238585     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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