MEDCAT: An interactive computer program for medical diagnosis, consultation, and teaching
W. D. Hagamen, Martin Gardy, Gregory Bell, Edwin Rekosh, and Steven Zatz · Managing Requirements Knowledge, International Workshop on · 1899
MEDCAT is a computer program that makes diagnoses, explains each step in its reasoning in response to questions, increases its knowledge and reasoning ability by conversing with expert physicians, and uses its logical and communicative skills to help medical students in the proper approach to medical diagnosis and to evaluate their progress in this area. The mechanism for each of these features is discussed. MEDCAT is coded in APL and implemented on a 68000-based microcomputer.