title: An essay on power of expert systems versus human expertise.
abstract: In connection with several recent studies of medical informatics, the usefulness and use of expert systems have been both criticized and defended. We have examined the issue of the inference power of expert systems compared to that of human experts. At an abstract level we have shown that there is no doubt that expert systems could successfully complement human experts within strictly limited and well-defined specialties, and actually be of reasonable aid in diagnosis, provided that the expert systems have been correctly and effectively elaborated. Also practical experiments were conducted with our recently implemented expert system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juhola
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Auramo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kentala
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pyykkö
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results