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Logic engineering in medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Peter J. F. Lucas
Peter J. F. Lucas
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Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (e-mail: lucas@cs.ruu.nl)
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Abstract

The safety-critical nature of the application of knowledge-based systems to the field of medicine requires the adoption of reliable engineering principles with a solid foundation for their construction. Logical languages with their inherent, precise notions of consistency, soundness and completeness provide such a foundation, thus promoting scrupulous engineering of medical knowledge. Moreover, logic techniques provide a powerful means for getting insight into the structure and meaning of medical knowledge used in medical problem solving. Unfortunately, logic is currently only used on a small scale for building practical medical knowledge-based systems. In this paper, the various approaches proposed in the literature are reviewed, and related to the various types of knowledge and problem solving employed in the medical field. The appropriateness of logic for building medical knowledge-based expert systems is further motivated.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 153 - 179
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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