A decision-theoretic network approach to treatment management and prognosis

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 321-330

  Lucas, Peter J F ^a   Boot, Henk ^b   Taal, Babs ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision theoretic expert systems; Knowledge engineering; Probabilistic networks; Treatment management and prognosis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY;

DECISION-THEORETIC EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032206281     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-7051(98)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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