Does Bayes have it? Decision Support Systems in diagnostic medicine

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 524-532

  Lindgaard, G ^a   Pyper, C ^a   Frize, M ^a   Walker, R ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base rates; Bayes' Theorem; Decision Support Systems (DSSs); Diagnostic error; H1.2; H4.2; I2.1; Individuating information

Indexed keywords

BASE RATES; BAYES' THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (DSSS); DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; H1.2; H4.2; I2.1; INDIVIDUATING INFORMATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; MEDICINE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 63649108190     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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