引导大型语言模型的因果网络:应用于COVID-19
Farrokh Alemi1, Kevin James Lybarger1, Jee Vang1
1Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Health care management science
|October 13, 2025
概括
这项研究将因果网络转换为用于COVID-19诊断的大型语言模型 (LLM). 当有间接症状时,因果网络的表现优于LLM,强调LLM需要寻找缺少的信息.
科学领域:
- 计算生物学是一种计算生物学.
- 医疗保健中的人工智能
- 医疗信息学医学信息学
背景情况:
- 因果网络为了解疾病诊断提供了一个结构化的方法.
- 大型语言模型 (LLM) 在处理临床信息方面显示出潜力.
- 整合这些方法可以提高诊断准确性.
研究的目的:
- 将因果网络转换为用于COVID-19诊断的大型语言模型 (LLM).
- 为了比较因果网络和LLM的诊断准确度.
- 调查直接和间接症状数据对模型性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了提示和完成,将因果网络转化为法学士学位.
- 使用显著变量的全因数组合,用于快速生成.
- 在两个患者数据库上使用接收器操作曲线下的区域 (AUROC) 评估模型准确性.
主要成果:
- 在有间接症状信息的情况下,因果网络 (AUROC=0.91) 比LLM (AUROC=0.88) 更准确.
- 在没有间接信息的情况下,这两种模型都显示精度降低 (AUROC ~ 0.75).
- LLM的业绩受报告和未报告数据的影响.
结论:
- 因果网络为诊断建模提供了一个强大的框架.
- 为了获得最佳的性能,LLM需要访问包括间接预测因素在内的全面数据.
- 未来的对话LLM应该主动查询缺少的间接信息,以提高诊断能力.
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