Investigation of an expert systems approach to bacterial identification.
An investigation was carried out to assess the feasibility of using an expert systems approach to assist in the identification of unknown isolates of bacteria. A system was developed using Lisp which utilized the knowledge stored in standard bacteriological texts. A comparison of the expert systems approach and the probabilistic approach based on Bayes Theorem was made together with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
Brammer
R J
RJ
Medical Statistics and Computing, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Bryant
T N
TN
May
J H
JH
D000465:Algorithms; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012984:Software