Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS

CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) is typically a diagnostic application and a modern technology that can be employed to provide standardized and quality medical facilities to the medical patients especially when expert doctors are not available at the medical centres. These days the use of t...

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Main Authors: IMRAN SARWAR BAJWA, BUSHRA RAMZAN, SHABANA RAMZAN
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Language:English
Published: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology 2017-01-01
Series:Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://publications.muet.edu.pk/research_papers/pdf/pdf1449.pdf
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author IMRAN SARWAR BAJWA
BUSHRA RAMZAN
SHABANA RAMZAN
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description CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) is typically a diagnostic application and a modern technology that can be employed to provide standardized and quality medical facilities to the medical patients especially when expert doctors are not available at the medical centres. These days the use of the CDSSs is quite common in medical practice at remote areas. A CDSS can be very helpful not only in preventive health care but also in computerized diagnosis. However, a typical problem of CDSS based diagnosis is uncertainty. Typically, an ambiguity can occur when a patient is not able to explain the symptoms of his disease in a better way. The typically used forward chaining mechanisms in rule based decision support systems perform reasoning with uncertain data. ML (Markov Logic) is a new technique that has ability to deal with uncertainty of data by integrating FOL (First-Order-Logic) with probabilistic graphical models. In this paper, we have proposed the architecture of a ML based inference engine for a rule based CDSS and we have also presented an algorithm to use ML based forward chaining mechanism in the proposed inference engine. The results of the experiments show that the proposed inference engine would be intelligent enough to diagnose a patient?s disease even from uncertain or incomplete/partial information.
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spelling doaj.art-ec16283eaf3f466984933cea356277eb2022-12-21T18:46:42ZengMehran University of Engineering and TechnologyMehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology0254-78212413-72192017-01-0136155681449Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSSIMRAN SARWAR BAJWABUSHRA RAMZANSHABANA RAMZANCDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) is typically a diagnostic application and a modern technology that can be employed to provide standardized and quality medical facilities to the medical patients especially when expert doctors are not available at the medical centres. These days the use of the CDSSs is quite common in medical practice at remote areas. A CDSS can be very helpful not only in preventive health care but also in computerized diagnosis. However, a typical problem of CDSS based diagnosis is uncertainty. Typically, an ambiguity can occur when a patient is not able to explain the symptoms of his disease in a better way. The typically used forward chaining mechanisms in rule based decision support systems perform reasoning with uncertain data. ML (Markov Logic) is a new technique that has ability to deal with uncertainty of data by integrating FOL (First-Order-Logic) with probabilistic graphical models. In this paper, we have proposed the architecture of a ML based inference engine for a rule based CDSS and we have also presented an algorithm to use ML based forward chaining mechanism in the proposed inference engine. The results of the experiments show that the proposed inference engine would be intelligent enough to diagnose a patient?s disease even from uncertain or incomplete/partial information.http://publications.muet.edu.pk/research_papers/pdf/pdf1449.pdfClinical Decision Support SystemFirst Order LogicMarkov LogicInference Engine
spellingShingle IMRAN SARWAR BAJWA
BUSHRA RAMZAN
SHABANA RAMZAN
Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
Clinical Decision Support System
First Order Logic
Markov Logic
Inference Engine
title Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
title_full Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
title_fullStr Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
title_full_unstemmed Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
title_short Markov Logic Based Inference Engine for CDSS
title_sort markov logic based inference engine for cdss
topic Clinical Decision Support System
First Order Logic
Markov Logic
Inference Engine
url http://publications.muet.edu.pk/research_papers/pdf/pdf1449.pdf
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