title: GAMES II Project: a general architecture for medical knowledge-based systems.
abstract: GAMES II aims at developing a comprehensive and commercially viable methodology to avoid problems ordinarily occurring in KBS development. GAMES II methodology proposes to design a KBS starting from an epistemological model of medical reasoning (the Select and Test Model). The design is viewed as a process of adding symbol level information to the epistemological model. The architectural framework provided by GAMES II integrates the use of different formalisms and techniques providing a large set of tools. The user can select the most suitable one for representing a piece of knowledge after a careful analysis of its epistemological characteristics. Special attention is devoted to the tools dealing with knowledge acquisition (both manual and automatic). A panel of practicing physicians are assessing the medical value of such a framework and its related tools by using it in a practical application.
authors.affiliation: SAGO SpA, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kindler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leaning
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moustakis
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scherrer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefanelli
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D012984:Software