Combined numerical and linguistic knowledge representation and its application to medical diagnosis

Author(s):  
P. Meesad ◽  
G.G. Yen
Author(s):  
V.Y. Melikyan ◽  
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A.V. Melikyan ◽  
V.V. Posidelova ◽  
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The article focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of logical-semantic and grammatical-communicative division of the fixed phrase scheme structure. The authors argue that a fixed phrase scheme is dominated by a plan of content over the plan of expression, and therefore generally the gnoseological aspect prevails. The syntactic construction phraseologization expands its possibilities in cognitive and communicative aspects: the number of represented typical objective situations, typical sentence meanings, types of relations, and therefore systems of relations between minimal segments of thought increases. At the same time, the orientation of relations between minimal segments of thought becomes stable, which is due to the limited possibility of a fixed phrase scheme in terms of grammatical variation. The phraseologization degree determines the cognitive and communicative parameters of the fixed phrase scheme: the higher the phraseologization degree, the more significant is the influence of the gnoseological aspect; the lower, the more the influence of the ontological aspect is manifested. The phraseologization phenomenon determines the representation possibility of a wider knowledge format that the fixed phrase scheme possesses in comparison with a free syntactic construction. Thus, in the fixed phrase scheme sphere, there is a different correlation between the linguistic knowledge format and the form of this knowledge representation at the language level. All this allows us to consider the fixed phrase scheme as a particular format of linguistic knowledge.


1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 315-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lovis ◽  
A.-M. Rassinoux ◽  
J.-R. Scherrer ◽  
R. H. Baud

AbstractDefinitions are provided of the key entities in knowledge representation for Natural Language Processing (NLP). Starting from the words, which are the natural components of any sentence, both the role of expressions and the decomposition of words into their parts are emphasized. This leads to the notion of concepts, which are either primitive or composite depending on the model where they are created. The problem of finding the most adequate degree of granularity for a concept is studied. From this reflection on basic Natural Language Processing components, four categories of linguistic knowledge are recognized, that are considered to be the building blocks of a Medical Linguistic Knowledge Base (MLKB). Following on the tracks of a recent experience in building a natural language-based patient encoding browser, a robust method for conceptual indexing and query of medical texts is presented with particular attention to the scheme of knowledge representation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHANNA VIIMARANTA

abstractThe Russian prefix pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating, or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE], and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in different contexts with the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus of the Russian National Corpus.


Author(s):  
Priti Srinivas Sajja

The Web is a huge repository of information for large spectrum of decision making and advise. To effectively utilise it, there is a need for knowledge-based techniques. This chapter proposes a novel technique of knowledge representation using a fuzzy eXtensible Markup Language (XML). XML is an efficient tool to represent content; however, it lacks management of uncertainty and vagueness. The proposed technique serves dual advantages such as making the application Web-enabled and imparting benefits of uncertainty and intelligence. This chapter presents the general structure of fuzzy XML rule, DTD model, and the generic architecture of Web-based expert systems using fuzzy XML knowledge base for a variety of applications in different areas. To demonstrate the architecture proposed, an abdomen pain diagnosing system for appendicitis is discussed with sample rules along with a decision tree for the case.


Fuzzy Systems ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 1237-1267
Author(s):  
Priti Srinivas Sajja

The Web is a huge repository of information for large spectrum of decision making and advise. To effectively utilise it, there is a need for knowledge-based techniques. This chapter proposes a novel technique of knowledge representation using a fuzzy eXtensible Markup Language (XML). XML is an efficient tool to represent content; however, it lacks management of uncertainty and vagueness. The proposed technique serves dual advantages such as making the application Web-enabled and imparting benefits of uncertainty and intelligence. This chapter presents the general structure of fuzzy XML rule, DTD model, and the generic architecture of Web-based expert systems using fuzzy XML knowledge base for a variety of applications in different areas. To demonstrate the architecture proposed, an abdomen pain diagnosing system for appendicitis is discussed with sample rules along with a decision tree for the case.


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