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Parallel interval-based reasoning in medical knowledge-based system Clinaid

Параллельный интервальный вывод в Clinaid — медицинской системе, основанной на Знаниях

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The paper continues a series of papers and a monograph [33], where we have described the conceptual structures as well as the basic architecture of a knowledge-based systemCunaid.

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Стаья продолжает ряд работ, включая монографию [33], в которых онисывактся базовые конпепции и основы архитектуры Clinaid — системы, основанной на знанпях

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  1. Department of Computer Science B-173, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    Ladislav J. Kohout

  2. Center for Expert Systems and Robotics, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    Ladislav J. Kohout

  3. Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology The Royal London Hospital College, University of London, U.K.

    Isabel Stabile

  4. Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University, London, U.K.

    Hasan Kalantar

  5. Department of Computer Science B-173, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    F. San-Andres

  6. King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, U.K.

    John Anderson

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Kohout, L.J., Stabile, I., Kalantar, H. et al. Parallel interval-based reasoning in medical knowledge-based system Clinaid. Reliable Comput 1, 109–140 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02384051

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