Knowledge acquisition for medical diagnosis using collective intelligence

J Med Syst. 2012 Nov:36 Suppl 1:S5-9. doi: 10.1007/s10916-012-9886-3. Epub 2012 Oct 23.

Abstract

The wisdom of the crowds (WOC) is the process of taking into account the collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than a single expert to answer a question. Based on this assumption, the use of processes based on WOC techniques to collect new biomedical knowledge represents a challenging and cutting-edge trend on biomedical knowledge acquisition. The work presented in this paper shows a new schema to collect diagnosis information in Diagnosis Decision Support Systems (DDSS) based on collective intelligence and consensus methods.

MeSH terms

  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Biomedical Technology*
  • Consensus
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical / organization & administration*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Information Systems