MYCIN

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

The glossary is being gradually proof checked, but may have typos and misspellings.

MYCIN was an early medical expert system that both diagnosed bacterial infections of the blood and prescribed drugs for treatment. It used rules with certainty factors.

Used in Chap. 3: pages 29, 30; Chap. 18: page 275

Also known as: rule, mycin rule

Used in glossary entries: certainty factors, expert system

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