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'''Mycin''' was an [[expert system]] developed in the [[1970s]] at the [[Stanford University]], written in [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]], by [[Edward Shortliffe]] under [[Bruce Buchanan]] and others. The system was designed to diagnose infectious [[blood disease]]s and recommend [[antibiotic]]s, with the dosage adjusted for patient's body weight. |
'''Mycin''' was an [[expert system]] developed in the [[1970s]] at the [[Stanford University]], written in [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]], by [[Edward Shortliffe]] under [[Bruce Buchanan]] and others. The system was designed to diagnose infectious [[blood disease]]s and recommend [[antibiotic]]s, with the dosage adjusted for patient's body weight. |
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In fact, Mycin was never actually used in practice. This wasn't because of any weakness in its performance—in tests it outperformed members of the Stanford medical school. It was as much because of ethical and legal issues related to the use of computers in medicine—if it gives the wrong diagnosis, who can be |
In fact, Mycin was never actually used in practice. This wasn't because of any weakness in its performance—in tests it outperformed members of the Stanford medical school. It was as much because of ethical and legal issues related to the use of computers in medicine—if it gives the wrong diagnosis, who can be held responsible? |
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A difficulty that arose during the writing of this and subsequent expert systems has been the extraction of the knowledge from human experts into the rules, the so-called [[knowledge engineering]]. |
A difficulty that arose during the writing of this and subsequent expert systems has been the extraction of the knowledge from human experts into the rules, the so-called [[knowledge engineering]]. |
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Revision as of 12:03, 8 August 2005
Mycin was an expert system developed in the 1970s at the Stanford University, written in Lisp, by Edward Shortliffe under Bruce Buchanan and others. The system was designed to diagnose infectious blood diseases and recommend antibiotics, with the dosage adjusted for patient's body weight.
In fact, Mycin was never actually used in practice. This wasn't because of any weakness in its performance—in tests it outperformed members of the Stanford medical school. It was as much because of ethical and legal issues related to the use of computers in medicine—if it gives the wrong diagnosis, who can be held responsible?
A difficulty that arose during the writing of this and subsequent expert systems has been the extraction of the knowledge from human experts into the rules, the so-called knowledge engineering.
External Links
- TMYCIN, system based on MYCIN
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