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Mycin

MYCIN was an early backward chaining expert system that used black box to identify bacteria causing severe infections, such as bacteremia and meningitis, and to recommend antibiotics, with the dosage adjusted for patient's body weight — the name derived from the antibiotics themselves, as many antibiotics have the suffix "-mycin". The Mycin system was…

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Original author
Edward H. Shortliffe
Platform
DEC KI10 PDP-10
Type
Expert system
Written in
Lisp

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Mycin

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Edges33
Triples64
Avg. degree1.94
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related to External links · 19
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Mycin → Chapter, Common Lisp, English, PAIP, The
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MycinOriginal authorEdward H. Shortliffe1.00infobox
MycinPlatformDEC KI10 PDP-101.00infobox
MycinTypeExpert system1.00infobox
MycinWritten inLisp1.00infobox
Bayesian networks.ContextA context in MYCIN determines what types of objects can be reasoned aboutinstance ofleading to the development of graphical models0.80text
Mycinrelated to ContextThey0.60section
Mycinrelated to ContextProlog0.60section
Mycinrelated to Evidence combinationIn MYCIN0.60section
Mycinrelated to Evidence combinationFor0.60section
Mycinrelated to Evidence combinationColi0.60section
Mycinrelated to Evidence combinationIn0.60section
Mycinrelated to Evidence combinationWhere0.60section

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