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Modifying an expert system construction to pattern recognition solution.

Abstract

Medical expert systems are a successful field of applied artificial intelligence. We constructed an otoneurological expert system in our previous research, and in this study we consider its reasoning method. The reasoning process can be described as a modified nearest neighbour solution derived from pattern recognition. The expert system was tested and functions reliably.

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Y Auramo, M Juhola. 1996. Modifying an expert system construction to pattern recognition solution.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0933-3657(95)00017-8

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