An evaluation of the usefulness of explanation in a case-based reasoning system for decision support in bronchiolitis treatment

Computational Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Doyle, Dónal ^a   Cunningham, Pádraig ^a   Walsh, Paul ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Confidence; Decision support systems; Explanations; Justification

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; FORMAL LOGIC; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUERY LANGUAGES;

BRONCHIOLITIS TREATMENT; CASE BASED REASONING (CBR); JUSTIFICATION TEXT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750696656     PISSN: 08247935     EISSN: 14678640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8640.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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