This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. A prototype expert system, FIRETOOL, was developed to help decision makers and managers use prescribed burns for the ecological management ...

In his wonderful new book The Checklist Manifesto (Metropolitan Books, 2009), surgeon and author Atul Gawande explains how successful surgery depends on the complex interactions of surgeons, nurses, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. This article is more than 5 years old. MYCIN was an AI program ...

Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the ...