Medical Informatics Europe 1991 pp 371-375 | Cite as
Software Tools for the Development and Validation of HEPAR, an Expert System for the Diagnosis of Hepatobiliary Disease
Abstract
HEPAR is an expert system which can be used as a supportive tool for the clinical management of patients with hepatobiliary disease. For the purpose of the construction of this expert system, we have developed a collection of simple software tools as extensions to a ride-based expert system shell. These tools provide valuable information about the effects of modification of the HEPAR knowledge base, and indicate places in the knowledge base for refinement. This set of tools has also been applied in two successive performance validation studies of HEPAR. It is believed that similar software tools may prove helpful in the development of other medical expert systems as well.
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