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HyperShell: an expert system shell in a hypermedia environment--application in medical audiology
1Institute of Biocommunication, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy.
Medical Informatics = Medecine Et Informatique
|April 1, 1990
Summary
HyperShell, a novel expert system shell, enhances user interaction by integrating artificial intelligence with hypermedia. This system introduces new navigation tools for semantic structures, demonstrated with a medical expert system.
Area of Science:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Medical Informatics
Background:
- Expert systems traditionally offer limited user interaction.
- Hypermedia environments provide rich navigation but are not typically integrated with AI.
- Bridging hypermedia and AI can enhance the usability of complex systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce HyperShell, an expert system shell built on a hypermedia platform.
- To enhance user-program interaction through novel AI-driven hypermedia tools.
- To demonstrate the application of HyperShell in a medical expert system context.
Main Methods:
- Developed HyperShell using a hypermedia environment.
- Integrated artificial intelligence techniques like frames and semantic networks.
- Extended hypermedia navigation (buttons, text search) to the system's semantic structure.
- Developed the Audex HM medical expert system using HyperShell.
Main Results:
- HyperShell successfully integrates AI techniques within a hypermedia framework.
- Novel navigation tools were created by extending hypermedia functionalities to semantic structures.
- The Audex HM system showcases the practical application and potential of HyperShell.
Conclusions:
- HyperShell offers an innovative approach to expert system design, improving user interaction.
- The integration of AI and hypermedia creates powerful, user-friendly tools for complex domains.
- HyperShell provides a flexible platform for developing advanced expert systems, particularly in medicine.