Expert systems for medical consultation.
After reviewing some of the elements that permit a clearer understanding of what characterizes the "expert systems" approach, representation of medical concepts, symbolic manipulation rather than numeric calculation, causal reasoning, etc., this paper will try to deal with some of the most noteworthy developments in medical decision aid, teaching, research, before discussing some problems raised by the evaluation of expert systems in medicine.
D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012984:Software