This article evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of arguments based on appeals to expertise. The intersection of two areas is explored: (i) the traditional argumentum ad verecundiam (literally, "appeal to modesty;" but characteristically the appeal to the authority of expert judgment) in informal logic, and (ii) the uses of expert systems in artificial intelligence. The article identifies a ...

This monograph provides an introduction to the theory of expert systems. The task of medical diagnosis is used as a unifying theme throughout. A broad perspective is taken, ranging from the role of diagnostic programs to methods of evaluation. While much emphasis is placed on probability theory, other calculi of uncertainty are given due consideration.

Mobile Learning (M-Learning) is an emerging discipline in the area of education and educational technology. So researchers are trying to optimize and expanding its application in the field of education. The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of mobile devices and expert systems in disseminating and supporting the knowledge gained by intelligent tutors and to propose a system based on ...

Background The introduction of a microarray containing 112 different components in the management of allergic patients has significantly modified the diagnosis and the treatment in polysensitized patients (Sastre, 2012, Passalacqua, 2013), because of the large number of added values generated by this approach in comparison with other diagnostics based on extractive – non purified –allergens. Ho...

Two distinct views of the nature of clinical judgment are identified and contrasted. The dominant view that clinical judgment is a fully explicit process is compared to the relatively neglected view that tacit knowledge plays a substantial role in the clinician's mental operations. The tacit dimension of medical thinking is explored at length. The discussion suggests severe limits when applying...

In the second of 2 parts, this article will focus on process improvement projects utilizing a case study at Genesis HealthCare System located in Zanesville, OH. Operational efficiency is a key step in developing a freestanding diagnostic imaging center. The process improvement projects began with an Expert Improvement Session (EIS) on the scheduling process. An EIS session is a facilitated meet...

The potential for qualitative representation of trends in the context of process diagnosis and control is evaluated in this paper. The technique for qualitative description of the data series is relatively new to the field of process monitoring and diagnosis and is based on the cubic spline wavelet decomposition of the data. It is shown that the assessed qualitative description of trends can be...

Competency Based Management (CBM) has become vital to any firm’s strategic position and organizational decision making. The role of Expert System (ES) is to provide a knowledge based information system that is expected to have human attributes in order to replicate human capacity in ethical decision making. In this paper a holistic framework is proposed to review the ES approach that will be pr...

This paper describes the objectives, the methodology, and the progress made in the project entitled "Product Redesign for Performance, Manufacture and Assembly'*. Redesign is the process of modifying or changing an existing design with the objective of improving one or more of its aspects. The aspects of an engineering design which concern us are performance, manufacture and assembly. The objec...

In this paper we present a Problem Solving Environment for UML Class Diagrams. To support the students’ learning process, we use a new approach for the expert system generating the help. This new approach uses a generative expert system enhanced with a constraint based system to combine the advantages of the two specific systems: complete a correct solution proposal to a solution and give hints...