Hypermedia-based group decision support system to support collaborative medical decision-making

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-216

  Rao, G R ^a   Turoff, M ^b  

^a Quantum Enterprises   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING (MDM);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034544528     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(00)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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