Assisting Model-Discovery in Neuroendocrinology

  • Authors:
  • Ashesh Mahidadia;Paul Compton

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • DS '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Discovery Science
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

It is very difficult, if not impossible, for researchers to manually evaluate and revise their scientific models using a vast amount of relevant information now available to them. The paper describes a new framework, called JustAid, that successfully integrates techniques from Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning in a way that complements their strengths to overcome their weaknesses, and provides an interactive environment to help researchers in a process of scientific discovery. JustAid can use information stored in medical databases and assist experimental scientists in forming, testing and revising scientific models, without a need of a knowledge engineer. In this paper, JustAid has been applied to a real world problem in the area of neuroendocrinology, a branch of physiology.