Knowledge-Based Systems

Synopsis: Knowledge-based aids are briefly presented and discussed: the GLADYS system for diagnosing dyspepsia; algorithms used in training workers in Third World countries; a rule-based expert system currently being developed for use in general practice. Shows the need to evaluate such systems in the same way as drugs, and outlines a scheme to cover inputs, processes and outcomes in the context of the systems’ use as either decision-makers or decision aids. Shows how value judgments are implicit in the interpretation of test results. Discussions and expositions are set in the context of a discourse between a judgment analyst and a doctor.
Series: Professional Judgment and Decision Making, Course D300
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; The videotapes in this course are only available as a set, comprising 12 programmes on 3 VHS videocassettes. Price per set: £400.
Subjects: Development studies; Medical sciences
Keywords: computer systems; expert systems; knowledge-based systems

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