■ EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER Erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin are equally effective in treating pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Chlamydophila (formerly Chlamydia) pneumoniae (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, small head-to-head trials). Macrolide choice can be based on other considerations—cost, side effects, and effectiveness against other suspected pathogens (SOR: C, ...

Building an expert system usually comprises an entangled mixture of knowledge acquisition and Implementation efforts. An emerging methodology based on cognitive psychology end software development guides and supports knowledge acquisition while Implementation is deferred. This allows for e more deliberate choice of architecture This paper presents e case stud/ to test the methodology.

This paper deals with a new methodology for developing an Expert System (ES). It has the ability of learning to extract knowledge from a poor knowledge base using the learning by example paradigms. The choice of a poor knowledge base was motivated by the fact that in this case it is easier to have consistence in putting together the several pieces of knowledge. So, the problems attached to know...

Expert system technology provides a new opportunity for organising and systematising the available knowledge and experience in the structural selection domain. Computerisation, in general, and expert system technology, in particular, can provide assistance for the engineers by giving much greater access to information, knowledge and expertise and by processing this information. This paper prese...

Assessments of watershed condition for aquatic and riparian species often have to rely on expert opinion because of the complexity of establishing statistical relationships among the many factors involved. Such expert-based assessments can be difficult to document and apply consistently over time and space. We describe and reflect on the process of developing a computer-based decision support a...

The problem in this research is how to develop multiple choice test instruments based on higher order thinking skills learning poetry texts for class VIII. purpose of study was make a instrument product This uses and development (rnd). results showed the creation multiple-choice that had been validated. validation carried out by lecturers experts/practitioners feasibility product. practitioner ...