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Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1977 Oct 5 : 70–74.
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Problems in the Design of Knowledge Bases for Medical Consultation

Casimir A. Kulikowski
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Abstract

In developing computer based medical consultation systems the choice of representation for the knowledge base crucially determines the scope, power and flexibility of the reasoning procedures that can be used with it. This paper describes the development of the CASNET/Glaucoma consultation system and discusses some concepts of knowledge base structure that arose during this process.

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