---
title: "DIALOG: A Model Of Diagnostic Logic For Internal Medicine"
authors:
  - "Harry E. Pople"
  - "Jack D. Myers"
  - "Randolph A. Miller"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/134"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/0134.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1975
pages: "848-854"
track: "Miscellaneous Applications Of A.I."
keywords:
---

# DIALOG: A Model Of Diagnostic Logic For Internal Medicine

Harry E. Pople, Jack D. Myers, Randolph A. Miller

*Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 848-854.

## Abstract

A system for computer assisted medical diagnosis has been developed, which incorporates an innovative model of diagnostic logic. A supporting medical data base has also been assembled, now comprising approximately fifty percent of the major diseases of internal medicine. Usiag weighted associations between disease entities and their manifestations, and employing a powerful attention focusing heuristic, the system has demonstrated competence in dealing with difficult clinical problems involving multiple diagnoses.