Article
Guided Expert Modeling of Clinical Bayesian Network Decision Graphs
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Authors
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Mario A. Cypko
- Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery, University of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Matthäus Stöhr
- Universität Leipzig Medizinische Fakultät, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Steffen Oeltze-Jafra
- Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Andreas Dietz
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Heinz U. Lemke
| Published: | August 29, 2017 |
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Outline
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Increasing knowledge leads to more complex decision making. In previous work, we developed a system that supports clinical experts in the decision-making process. The system is built upon probabilistic networks, which are particularly suited for modeling complex decisions, and can comprise all relevant characteristics of a disease, examination methods, therapy options, and therapy effects. Based on the model and a set of observations (patient data), an inference algorithm computes the likelihood of occurrence for the model’s unobserved characteristics (e.g., missing examination, treatment decisions, and potential outcomes). However, modeling a complex decision requires teamwork of domain experts and knowledge engineers making the process expensive, time-consuming, and prone to misunderstandings. We present a novel guided method that enables domain experts for autonomous modeling. We demonstrate our approach by an example of middle ear infection.
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