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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Expert Systems

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Marius Fieschi

    1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Marseilles, France

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Expert Systems in Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Medical reasoning and artificial intelligence: general presentation of the problem

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 3-10

    3. Representation and use of the knowledge

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 11-47

  3. Study of an Expert System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. The SPHINX system

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 51-91

    3. Examples of applications

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 92-105

    4. The SPHINX system environment

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 106-110

  4. Validation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Validation of the expert systems

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 113-119

    3. A crucial problem: validation of the knowledge base

      • Marius Fieschi
      Pages 120-127

    4. Validation of a SPHINX knowledge base: some supplementary elements

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      Pages 128-135

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 136-166
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About this book

Expert systems constitute a research area which is currently expanding. This book is based largely on work undertaken for my doctoral thesis and attempts to set out in readily understood language the different methods of knowledge representation used in different systems. How­ ever, since the field for applications is enormous and touches on many disciplines (engineering science, computing, geology, medicine etc.) only those systems with medical applications are presented. The second part of this book is devoted to detailed discussion of one expert system developed in this department: SPHINX. I wish to thank all those who have given me their support, their criticisms and suggestions: Dominique Fieschi, Michel Joubert, Genevieve Botti, Michel Roux, Jean-Louis Lauriere, as well as the CNRS which supported the ATP Expert Systems Group with an individual grant. Marius Fieschi Foreword This work deals with 'Expert Systems' in the realm of medicine. The phrase 'Expert System' describes an information system not only in terms of its content but also in terms of its application. As with all generic terms, it is condensed to the point where the meaning cannot be guessed from simply reading it. It concerns systems processing knowledge and behaviour in ways close to those of a human expert. In the field of medicine this expert would be the consultant or specialist to whom a family practitioner refers a 'case' which he is unable to diagnose. The study of expert systems is a branch of computer science called artificial intelligence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Marseilles, France

    Marius Fieschi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Expert Systems

  • Authors: Marius Fieschi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3428-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-33000-1Published: 01 January 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3428-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 166

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Medicine/Public Health, general

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