Supporting multi-level multi-perspective dynamic decision making in medicine.
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
1-1999
Abstract
Most medical decision problems are exceedingly complex and contain a large number of variables. Abstraction facilitates the process of building a decision model by allowing a model builder to work at a level of detail that he is most comfortable with; it is also useful in time-critical situations or when there is insufficient data to support complete specification of probabilities of the uncertain events. In this paper, we identify and formalize abstraction and refinement operations commonly used in model construction. We illustrate the use of these mechanisms with an example on the follow-up management of colorectal cancer patients after surgery.
Keywords
Colorectal tumor, Decision support system, Human, Technique
Discipline
Health Information Technology | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Publication
Transforming Health Care Through Informnatics: Cornerstones for a New Information Management Paradigm - Proceeding of AMIA'99 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Volume
SYMPOSIUM SUPPLEMENT 1999
First Page
161
Last Page
165
ISBN
1560533714
Publisher
Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
City or Country
Philadelphia, United States
Citation
Sundaresh, S.; Tze-Yun LEONG; and Haddawy, P..
Supporting multi-level multi-perspective dynamic decision making in medicine.. (1999). Transforming Health Care Through Informnatics: Cornerstones for a New Information Management Paradigm - Proceeding of AMIA'99 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM. SYMPOSIUM SUPPLEMENT 1999, 161-165.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3042
Additional URL
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