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abstract: In this paper, I examine a probabilistic model for the diagnosis of multiple diseases. In the model, diseases and findings are represented as binary variables. Also, diseases are marginally independent, features are conditionally independent given disease instances, and diseases interact to produce findings via a noisy OR-gate. An algorithm for computing the posterior probability of each disease, given a set of observed findings, called quickscore, is presented. The time complexity of the algorithm is 0((n m- 26m+)$, where n is the number of diseases, m+ is the number of positive findings and m- is the number of negative findings. Although the time complexity of quickscore is exponential in the number of positive findings, the algorithm is useful in practice because the number of observed positive findings is usually far less than the number of diseases under consideration. Performance results for quickscore applied to a probabilistic version of Quick Medical Reference (QMR) are provided.

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AbstractIn this paper, I examine a probabilistic m In this paper, I examine a probabilistic model for the diagnosis of multiple diseases. In the model, diseases and findings are represented as binary variables. Also, diseases are marginally independent, features are conditionally independent given disease instances, and diseases interact to produce findings via a noisy OR-gate. An algorithm for computing the posterior probability of each disease, given a set of observed findings, called quickscore, is presented. The time complexity of the algorithm is 0((n m- 26m+)$, where n is the number of diseases, m+ is the number of positive findings and m- is the number of negative findings. Although the time complexity of quickscore is exponential in the number of positive findings, the algorithm is useful in practice because the number of observed positive findings is usually far less than the number of diseases under consideration. Performance results for quickscore applied to a probabilistic version of Quick Medical Reference (QMR) are provided. uick Medical Reference (QMR) are provided.
AddressNorth Holland  +
AuthorDavid Heckerman  +
Bibtypeinproceedings  +
BooktitleProceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence  +
KeyKSL-89-36  +
Pages163-172  +
PublisherElsevier Science booktitles B.V  +
TagComputer science  +
TitleA Tractable Inference Algorithm for Diagnosing Multiple Diseases  +
Tr idKSL-89-36  +
Year1989  +
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