1974 ⟶ Shortliffe's MYCIN Program Demonstrates Rule-Based Medical Diagnosis

Ted Shortliffe's PhD dissertation on the MYCIN program (Stan...
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🩺 Shortliffe's MYCIN Program Demonstrates Rule-Based Medical Diagnosis

Ted Shortliffe's PhD dissertation on the MYCIN program (Stanford) demonstrated a very practical rule-based approach to medical diagnoses, even in the presence of uncertainty. While it borrowed from DENDRAL, its own contributions strongly influenced the future of Expert system development, especially commercial systems.⟶
Shortliffe's MYCIN Program Demonstrates Rule-Based Medical Diagnosis (1974)
Expert SystemsMYCINMedical DiagnosisRule-Based SystemsTed ShortliffeStanfordAI in Healthcare
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🧪 Meta-Dendral Produces New Chemistry Results

The Meta-Dendral learning program produced new results in Chemistry (some rules of Mass spectrometry) the first scientific discoveries by a computer to be published in a refereed journal.⟶
Meta-Dendral Produces New Chemistry Results (1975)
Expert SystemsChemistryScientific DiscoveryMachine LearningRule-based SystemsMeta-DendralStanford University
USAUSA

🗣️ EMYCIN Program Development

Bill VanMelle's PhD dissertation at Stanford demonstrated the generality of MYCIN's representation of knowledge and style of reasoning in his EMYCIN program, the model for many commercial expert system "shells".⟶
EMYCIN Program Development (1979)
Expert SystemsEMYCINKnowledge RepresentationReasoningMYCINBill VanMelleStanford University
USAUSA

🩺 INTERNIST Knowledge-Based Medical Diagnosis

Jack Myers and Harry Pople at University of Pittsburgh developed INTERNIST, a knowledge-based medical diagnosis program based on Dr. Myers' clinical knowledge.⟶
INTERNIST Knowledge-Based Medical Diagnosis (1979)
Medical DiagnosisExpert SystemsKnowledge RepresentationINTERNISTHarry PopleJack MyersUniversity of Pittsburgh
USAUSA