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Use of a domain model to drive an interactive knowledge-editing tool

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MARK A. MUSEN, LAWRENCE M. FAGAN, DAVID M. COMBS and EDWARD H. SHORTLIFFE

Medical Computer Science Group, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Departments of Medicine and Computer Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305-5479, U.S.A.


Available online 15 April 2002.

Abstract

The manner in which a knowledge-acquisition tool displays the contents of a knowledge base affects the way users interact with the system. Previous tools have incorporated semantics that allow knowledge to be edited in terms of either the structural representation of the knowledge or the problem-solving method in which that knowledge is ultimately used. A more effective paradigm may be to use the semantics of the application domain itself to govern access to an expert system's knowledge base. This approach has been explored in a program called OPAL, which allows medical specialists working alone to enter and review cancer treatment plans for use by an expert system called ONCOCIN. Knowledge-acquisition tools based on strong domain models should be useful in application areas whose structure is well understood and for which there is a need for repetitive knowledge entry.


 
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