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The following paper describes an interactive knowledge-based modelling & simulation system (KBSIM) providing some new means for desig-ning and developing decision support for the management of the critically ill patient. It combines quantitative simulation with symbolic reasoning techniques, using a relational data base management system for data storage and inter process communication.
A flexible User Interface Management System controls the activities of the various subsystems and their interaction with the user. Graphical, dynamic and interactive user interfaces can easily be designed and evaluated. The KBSIM system is shortly described and illustrated as applied to the design of fluid resuscitation of traumatized patients.
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Groth, T., Hakman, M. (1991). A System for Interactive Knowledge-Based Simulation With Application in Management of the Critically Ill. In: Talmon, J.L., Fox, J. (eds) Knowledge Based Systems in Medicine: Methods, Applications and Evaluation. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08131-0_17
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