[Delayed follow-up]
Donald,
Thanks for your thoughtful responses. More comments/questions below.
> From: Donald Hobern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
. . .
> Probably the greatest concern with the approach you describe is a
> sociological one. If we adopt any system consisting simply of HTTP
>
The minutes from BioRDF call 9/25 are available at:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG_BioRDF_Subgroup/Meetings/2006-09-25_Conference_Call
Marja
Hi, Scott
Good point. Here are more details
about the "weighted conditions" in the same use case.
In the CAP guideline [1], the following
table is presented to present the various factors of these signs:
Multivariate Predictors of Pneumonia, with logistic Coefficient,
Odds Ratios, and 95% CIs
Hi Helen --
I noticed your requirement ...
Now we are facing the new problem of
modelling "two or more" facts of a necessary condition for "order chest
X-ray" in the knowledge base. Furthermore, doctors will likely
tell you that no only they need to express "at least two or more", they
also
Hi, Vipul
Thanks for your "workaround"
information.
This is the email I received earlier
from Samson. Great minds indeed come to the same place :)
Jos had implemented a similar solution.
One step further, you can have a triple to specify the N in the statement
of (at least N out of M signs) s
Nice workaround, Vipul.
I have to agree with you that it has a few problems. As you pointed out,
it doesn't scale well. Another problem is that the "black & white" view
provided by so-called crisp logic of DL is insufficient to represent or
reason with all the knowledge available to us and ca
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Kashyap, Vipul wrote:
1. Lack of explanation capabilities: A key feature for clinical decision
support is that physicians like to get
explanations for the recommendations proposed by the system.
Well, I'd argue that the recommendations are the accompanying literature
Hi, Vipul
Strongly agreed with two points you
made here.
The problem, however, is first on the
modelling side of such "weighted conditions". In the example,
> 3: "Obtain chest X-ray, especially
if patient has two or more of these
> signs:
> Temp > 100F
> Pulse > 100
> Decreased breath
