Abstract
It is an urgent task to implement a lot of expert systems to capture the valuable expertise of experienced doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. In order to meet the needs, a software tool is developed. It features a unified diagnosis model, a specially designed knowledge representation language and an efficient but effective inference engine. To implement an expert system, it is only necessary to input the expert’s knowledge expressed in knowledge representation language without the design of any additional software. The time and effort required for implementing an expert system are thus greatly saved. The software is very compact and can run on microcomputers e.g. IBM-PC/XT. Two traditional Chinese medical expert systems have been successfully implemented with the tool.
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Wang, N., Liu, X. & Liu, G. A software tool for constructing traditional Chinese medical expert systems. J. of Comput. Sci. & Technol. 3, 214–220 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943346
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943346