Extended Reflexive Ontologies for the Generation of Clinical Recommendations

Author(s)
Sanchez, Eider
Toro, Carlos
Graña, Manuel
Sanin, Cesar
Szczerbicki, Edward
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
<p>Decision recommendations are a set of alternative options for clinical decisions (e.g., diagnosis, prognosis, treatment selection, follow-up, and prevention) that are provided to decision makers by knowledge-based Clinical Decision Support Systems (k-CDSS) as aids. We propose to follow a “reasoning over domain” approach for the generation of decision recommendations by gathering and inferring conclusions from production rules. In order to rationalize our approach, we present a specification that will sustain the logic models supported in the knowledge bases we use for persistence. We introduce first the underlying knowledge model and then the necessary extensions that will convey toward the solution of the reported needs. The starting point of our approach is the proposition of Reflexive Ontologies (RO). Here, we go a step further, proposing an extension of RO that includes the handling and reasoning that production rules provide. Our approach speeds up the recommendation generation process.</p>
Citation
Cybernetics and Systems, 46(1-2), p. 4-18
ISSN
1087-6553
0196-9722
Link
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Title
Extended Reflexive Ontologies for the Generation of Clinical Recommendations
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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