TY  - JOUR
AB  - Medical diagnosis and treatment constitute a network of inter‐related processes. The conventional method of medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases involves a state space search of the medical knowledge of diseases and patient history, which could be combinatorially explosive. This paper presents a report on the experimental study of an intelligent, interactive, user‐friendly, knowledge‐based system which performs a stepwise analysis of a patient's complaints, filtering cognitive and emotional elements to be able to make inferences. It applies both forward and backward chaining in making inferences concerning the management of disease. A case study of the system is carried out using some tropical diseases. It is believed that the system will serve as a useful contribution towards tropical medical informatics.
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 0952-6862
DO  - 10.1108/09526860410541513
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09526860410541513
AU  - Uzoka F.M.E.
AU  - Famuyiwa J.O.
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - A framework for the application of knowledge technology to the management of diseases
T2  - International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 194
EP  - 204
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -