
doi: 10.2307/2982129
Professor E. M. L. BEALE in the Chair] SUMMARY The methodology and fields of application of identification keys and diagnostic tables are reviewed, consideration being given to both mathematical theory and practical requirements. Probabilistic and non-probabilistic techniques are covered. The paper attempts a synthesis of a large and widely dispersed literature that is not properly integrated, in that workers in one field of application have often been unaware of relevant theory developed in other fields.
medical diagnosis, selection of tests, Computing methodologies and applications, Bibliography, Statistics & Probability, review, polyclaves, redundant characters, Theory of questionnaires, Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics, Shannon-Fano algorithm, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, prime implicants, minimal irredundant set of characters, Huffman algorithm, diagnostic keys, biological identification, binary keys, probabilistic identification, computer diagnosis, sequential testing, pattern recognition, bibliography, key generation programs, Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods, diagnostic tables, combinational testing, computer identification, decision tables, identification keys
medical diagnosis, selection of tests, Computing methodologies and applications, Bibliography, Statistics & Probability, review, polyclaves, redundant characters, Theory of questionnaires, Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics, Shannon-Fano algorithm, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, prime implicants, minimal irredundant set of characters, Huffman algorithm, diagnostic keys, biological identification, binary keys, probabilistic identification, computer diagnosis, sequential testing, pattern recognition, bibliography, key generation programs, Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods, diagnostic tables, combinational testing, computer identification, decision tables, identification keys
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