title: Using new reasoning technology in chemical information systems.
abstract: Unreliability of numerical data causes difficulties in computer systems for decision-making, risk assessment, and similar activities. Much human judgment is non-numerical and able to make useful evaluations of alternatives under uncertainty. The Logic of Argumentation (LA) offers a basis for computerized support of decision-making in the absence of numerical data, and it is being used in a project on carcinogenic risk assessment, StAR. There are potential applications of LA in other artificial intelligence systems in chemistry, such as for synthesis planning.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002273:Carcinogens; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008128:Logic; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens