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Yearb Med Inform 1999; 08(01): 161-165
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637919
Commentary
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

The Promises and Perils of Modelling Medical Reasoning

Reflections on E.H. Shortliffe and B.G. Buchanan's paper: A model of Inexact Reasoning in Medicine
J.C. Wyatt
1   University College, London, UK
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