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In this paper we have shown how to solve a real connectionist learning problem with a symbolic interpretation for the refinement of scoring systems and risk evaluation systems. This is a significant issue not easily manageable by classical symbolic methods [1] that are specially oriented to static domains. This has lead us to implement a symbolic-connectionist approach which combines the efficiency of connectionist learning with the comprehensibility of symbolic methods.
The network structure combines a linear part that does the same additions as physicians do to determine the weighted contributions of input variables and a non-linear transformation that determine the punctuation levels. The output units represent the scoring levels and they can be interpreted in a symbolic way. The system is currently validated with more real data, and it is being used to refine the scoring and risk evaluation systems of other hospitals by training the net with a set of local patients.
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Santos, J., Lorenzo, D., Gomez, S., Heras, J., Otero, R.P. (1997). Knowledge refinement of an expert system using a symbolic-connectionist approach. In: Keravnou, E., Garbay, C., Baud, R., Wyatt, J. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. AIME 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1211. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029486
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