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From: dredick@bbn.com (Barry Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: MODEL BASED DIAGNOSTIC EXPERT SYSTEM
Keywords: model based, expert system, object oriented
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Date: 4 Jul 90 19:42:58 GMT
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In article <1357@ziggy.EDU> cds@ziggy.EDU (Cindy Sarmiento) writes:
->I am looking for advice or comments from anyone who has 
->experience in developing expert systems using model based reasoning
->or knowledge representation.

->I am currently developing a medical diagnostic expert system and would
->like to use model based reasoning. I intend to use either an object-oriented
->ES shell like KAPPA from IntelliCorp or just an object-oriented language
->like C++, Smalltalk or Actor.

->If you have experience or comments on this area, please respond by email.
->All replies will be gratefully received.

Cindy, your return E-mail address is incomplete, so I am posting my reply...

I have used Smalltalk.  Model-based reasoning is pushing the state of
the art.  Still, I have built some models in Smalltalk, and used them
to evaluate diagnostic reasoning techniques.  Please E-mail me for
more information.

Barry Kort                       bkort@bbn.com
Visiting Scientist
BBN Labs