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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
A formal analysis of an optimization problem in medical diagnosis is presented. The mathematical model of the diagnostic process corresponds in this work to an abstract machine definition which is based on the following sets and functions: Set of possible pathological states (diseases) of a patient, set of diagnostic tests (examination methods), set of all possible results of the tests (symptoms and signs), function which chooses successive tests, function performing a test (i.e., assigning to a given test its result), function assigning to each symptom a certain subset of the set of diseases. For a given abstract machine a class of pairs of graphs is formed; their analysis leads to the identification of a class of pairs of subgraphs which corresponds to an optimized diagnostic procedure. The optimization consists of a comparison of the distances between the initial and terminal vertices of the graphs and of a choice of a shortest route to a final diagnosis. For the considered class of pairs of subgraphs a mathematical model of the optimized diagnostic process is reconstructed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0020-7101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Algebraic framework of an optimization problem in diagnosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article