Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

11-1991

Abstract

This paper analyzes the medical knowledge required for formulating decision models in the domain of pulmonary infectious diseases (PIDs) with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Aiming to support dynamic decision-modeling, the knowledge characterization focuses on the ontology of the clinical decision problem. Relevant inference patterns and knowledge types are identified.

Keywords

knowledge-based systems, medical decision science, representation requirements

Discipline

Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Publication

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care: Assessing the Value of Medical Informatics: November 17-20, 1991, Washington, DC

First Page

634

Last Page

638

Publisher

American Medical Informatics Association

City or Country

New York

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