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Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 12:02:29 EST
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From:  Sharon Bergman 

             [Forwarded from the Stanford bboard by Laws@SRI-AI.]

                                  PH.D. ORAL

                        USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                            AND SIMPLE MATHEMATICS
                       TO ANALYZE A PHYSIOLOGICAL MODEL

                    JOHN C. KUNZ, STANFORD/INTELLIGENETICS

                               23 FEBRUARY 1984

                  MARGARET JACKS HALL, RM. 146, 2:30-3:30 PM


   The objective of this research is to demonstrate a methodology for design
and use of a physiological model in a computer program that suggests medical
decisions.  This methodology uses a physiological model based on first
principles and facts of physiology and anatomy.  The model includes inference
rules for analysis of causal relations between physiological events.  The model
is used to analyze physiological behavior, identify the effects of
abnormalities, identify appropriate therapies, and predict the results of
therapy.  This methodology integrates heuristic knowledge traditionally used in
artificial intelligence programs with mathematical knowledge traditionally used
in mathematical modeling programs.  A vocabulary for representing a
physiological model is proposed.