A precedence scheme for selection and explanation of therapies

  • Authors:

  • John K. Kastner;Sholom M. Weiss

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey;Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

  • Venue:
  • IJCAI'81 Proceedings of the 7th international joint conference on Artificial intelligence - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 1981

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Abstract

A general scheme to aid in the selection of therapies is described. A topological sorting procedure within a general production rule representation is introduced. The procedure is used to choose among competing therapies on the basis of precedence rules. This approach has a degree of naturalness that lends itself to automatic explanation of the choices made. A system has been implemented using this approach to develop an expert system for planning therapies for patients diagnosed as having ocular herpes simplex. An abstracted example of the system s output on an actual case is given.