- - A DECISION-SUPPORT APPLICATION AND SYSTEM FOR PROBLEM SOLVING USING A QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEM

摘要

The decision-support system for problem solving includes software modules implemented on a computer-readable medium, the software modules including an input / output module and a query-response module. The method includes receiving problem case information using the input / output module, generating a query based on the problem case information, and generating a plurality of responses to the query using the query-response module. The method also includes calculating the values for the plurality of evidence dimensions from the evidence sources for each of the responses using the query-response module and using the query-response module to calculate And calculates a corresponding confidence value for each of the responses. The method also uses the input / output module to output values of each evidence dimension for the responses, the corresponding confidence values, and the one or more selected responses.