RED: a red-cell antibody identification expert module. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We describe a software module in an expert system RED, which interprets data related to red cell antibody identification. There are three portions to this module: the problem-solving component, which incorporates the knowledge required for antibody identification as a hierarchy of programs. The programs in the hierarchy organize within themselves small pieces of knowledge represented in the form of production rules, which are capable of making judgments concerning a specific hypothesis; an intelligent data base for storage of patient data, red cell attributes, and test results; the "overview critic" portion, which combines the atomic hypotheses judged favorably by the antibody programs into a unified judgment concerning the case. Overview makes the decision to terminate processing with a conclusion about which antibodies are actually present and what specific further tests need to be performed to resolve any remaining ambiguities.

published proceedings

  • J Med Syst

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Smith, J. W., Svirbely, J. R., Evans, C. A., Strohm, P., Josephson, J. R., & Tanner, M.

citation count

  • 33

complete list of authors

  • Smith, JW||Svirbely, JR||Evans, CA||Strohm, P||Josephson, JR||Tanner, M

publication date

  • June 1985