More on Goal-Directed Diagnosis
Ron Rymon · 1992
In many diagnosis-and-repair domains, diagnostic reasoning cannot be abstracted from repair actions, nor from actions necessary to obtain diagnostic information. We call these exploratory-corrective domains. In TraumAID 2.0, a consultation system for multiple trauma management, we have developed and implemented a framework for reasoning in such domains which integrates diagnostic reasoning with planning and action. In this paper, we present Goal-Directed Diagnosis (GDD), the diagnostic reasoning component of this framework. Taking the view that a diagnosis is only worthwhile to the extent that it can affect subsequent decisions, GDD focuses on the formation of appropriate goals for its complementary planner. 1 Prologue In many domains, it is common to distinguish reasoning and activity concerned with what problems need be addressed from that reasoning concerned with how to address those problems. As such, Artificial Intelligence (AI) subsumes as separate sub-disciplines diagnosis ...