Title :
Methods for knowledge engineering in the development of a computerized admission testing system (CATS)
Author :
Speroff, Theodore ; Xiao, Hong ; Cebul, Randall D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Med. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The authors developed an expert system for routine tests ordered when an adult patient is admitted to the general medicine services of a hospital. They describe the methods for knowledge engineering used to develop a computerized admission testing system (CATS). CATS was developed in successive iterations guided by expert input on discordant results. The methods illustrate the innovative use of quantitative measures of discordance to direct the knowledge engineering process
Keywords :
expert systems; knowledge engineering; medical diagnostic computing; CATS; computerized admission testing system; expert system; hospital admission; knowledge engineering; Aggregates; Batteries; Cats; Guidelines; Hospitals; Knowledge engineering; Medical expert systems; Medical services; Medical tests; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1991. 'Decision Aiding for Complex Systems, Conference Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0233-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1991.169929
