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Download full textClancey, William J. – 1985
This paper describes NEOMYCIN, a computer program that models one physician's diagnostic reasoning within a limited area of medicine. NEOMYCIN's knowledge base and reasoning procedure constitute a model of how human knowledge is organized and how it is used in diagnosis. The hypothesis is tested that such a procedure can be used to simulate both…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs
