Are normative expert systems appropriate for diagnostic pathology?
Conceptual models for diagnostic reasoning proposed in the medical literature are presented to stimulate discussion about the issue of the appropriateness of probabilistic knowledge-based systems for medical diagnosis. Evidence is presented to corroborate the authors' view that diagnosis is a problem-solving task, rather than a decision-making task. In the authors' opinion, probabilistic reasoning is better suited to situations dealing with choices for clinical intervention, rather than to those dealing with [...]
Author(s): Diamond, L W, Mishka, V G, Seal, A H, Nguyen, D T
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1995.95261910