MYCIN: The Stanford Heuristic Programming Project's Rule-Based Expert System for Medical Diagnosis
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Summary
This article describes MYCIN, a pioneering rule-based expert system developed at Stanford University in the 1970s-80s for medical diagnosis and treatment recommendations. The content focuses on the book 'Rule-Based Expert Systems: The MYCIN Experiments' which documents the research and development of this early AI system that demonstrated significant intelligence in medical decision-making. The book is out of print but all chapters are freely available electronically.
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· 5 pulledArtificial intelligence, or AI, is largely an experimental science—at least as much progress has been made by building and analyzing programs as by examining theoretical questions.
MYCIN is one of several well-known programs that embody some intelligence and provide data on the extent to which intelligence can be programmed.
Rule-Based Expert Systems: The MYCIN Experiments of the Stanford Heuristic Programming Project
All chapters are freely available below.
Out of print. All chapters are freely available below.
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