Today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. A comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. This paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

A computer system which a i d s computer e n g i n eers i n f a u l t d i a g n o s i s i s d e s c r i b e d . The sys tem, c a l l e d CRIB (Computer R e t r i e v a l I nc idence Bank) i s shown t o f i t i n t o the c l a s s o f p a t t e r n d i r e c t e d i n f e r e n c e sys tems. Emphasis is p laced on the " b e f o r e " and " a f t e r " phases o f system g e n e r a t i o n and i ...

Scientific journals are more and more published electronically. Gradually the amount of e-books increases and on Internet a vast amount of digital information is being published. Electronic publishing offers major opportunities for dissemination and for access but at the same time imposes new challenges on national libraries and other deposit institutes in charge of preserving countries’ cultur...

A majority of efforts in terms of technology commercialization have failed; however, the issue of commercialization and its high importance are agreed upon by policymakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers. This shows the high complexity of the commercialization process. One of the main solutions to overcome the commercialization problems is to predict the success of technology commercialization ...