The clinical spectrum of decision-support in oncology with a case report of a real world system

Numerous argumentation systems have been proposed in the literature. Yet there often appears to be a shortfall between proposed systems and possible applications. In other words, there seems to be a need for further development of proposals for argumentation systems before they can be used widely in decision-support or knowledge management. I believe that this shortfall can be bridged by taking a hybrid approach. Whilst formal foundations are vital, systems that incorporate some of the practical ideas found in some of the informal approaches may make the resulting hybrid systems more useful. In informal approaches, there is often an emphasis on using graphical notation with symbols that relate more closely to the real-world concepts to be modelled. There may also be the incorporation of an argument ontology oriented to the user domain. Furthermore, in informal approaches there can be greater consideration of how users interact with the models, such as allowing users to edit arguments and to weight influences on graphs representing arguments. In this paper, I discuss some of the features of argumentation, review some key formal argumentation systems, identify some of the strengths and weaknesses of these formal proposals and finally consider some ways to develop formal proposals to give hybrid argumentation systems. To focus my discussions, I will consider some applications, in particular an application in analysing structured news reports.

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Mining real-world high dimensional structured data in medicine and its use in decision support. Some different perspectives on unknowns, interdependency, and distinguishability

Computers in Biology and Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105118 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105118

Author(s):

Barry Robson ◽

S. Boray ◽

J. Weisman

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Real World ◽

Structured Data ◽

High Dimensional

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Babel Pidgin: SBSE Can Grow and Graft Entirely New Functionality into a Real World System

Search-Based Software Engineering - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-09940-8_20 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 247-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Mark Harman ◽

Yue Jia ◽

William B. Langdon

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

World System

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A real-world system for simultaneous translation of German lectures

10.21437/interspeech.2013-612 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Eunah Cho ◽

Christian Fügen ◽

Teresa Hermann ◽

Kevin Kilgour ◽

Mohammed Mediani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

World System ◽

Simultaneous Translation

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Quantitative Concession Behavior Analysis and Prediction for Decision Support in Electronic Negotiations

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology ◽

10.4018/ijdsst.2014100102 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 16-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Réal A. Carbonneau ◽

Rustam Vahidov ◽

Gregory E. Kersten

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Real World ◽

Empirical Data ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Automated Negotiation ◽

Electronic Negotiations ◽

Memory Decay ◽

Negotiation Agents

Quantitative analysis of negotiation concession behavior is performed based on empirical data with the purpose of providing simple and intuitive decision support in electronic negotiations. Previous work on non-linear concave preferences and subsequent concession crossover provides a theoretical basis for the model. The authors propose a model which quantifies the remaining concession potential for each issue and a generalization of the model which permits the memory/decay of past concessions. These models permit the analysis of negotiators' concession behavior. Using the proposed models, it was possible to quantitatively determine that negotiators in the authors' negotiation case exhibit concession crossover issues and thus have a tendency to give concessions on issues with the most remaining concession potential. This finding provides empirical evidence of concession crossover in actual concessions and the corresponding model permits the design of a simple and intuitive prediction methodology, which could be used in real world negotiations by decision support systems or automated negotiation agents.

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Acquired smooth muscle hamartoma: A case report on the lower extremity with hidrosis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports ◽

10.1177/2050313x19893834 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 2050313X1989383

Author(s):

Malika A Ladha ◽

Todd Remington

Keyword(s):

Smooth Muscle ◽

Case Report ◽

Lower Extremity ◽

Smooth Muscle Cells ◽

English Literature ◽

Surgical Excision ◽

Muscle Cells ◽

Clinical Spectrum ◽

Rare Entity ◽

First Case

Smooth muscle hamartomas are benign dermal proliferations of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle hamartomas are sub-divided into congenital or acquired; the latter is a rare entity with less than 20 cases being reported in the English literature. Most often asymptomatic, acquired smooth muscle hamartomas follow an indolent course. Treatment in the form of surgical excision can be utilized for symptomatic or cosmetic purposes. Here, we report the first case of an acquired smooth muscle hamartomas of the shin which also uniquely presented with hidrosis. This case highlights the varied clinical spectrum of acquired smooth muscle hamartomas.

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