MYCIN

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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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 31, 32; Chap. 18: page 295

Also known as rule, mycin rule

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front cover: Computer-based Medical consultations MYCIN