BWhat changed
Medical expert knowledge could be encoded into an interactive system that explained its recommendations.
Scientific scope
The exact 1975 paper and prototype; autonomous clinical care, prospective efficacy and all wider MYCIN work are excluded.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This record is the exact 1975 six-author paper. It does not imply autonomous care, prospective clinical efficacy or authorship of every component by every wider MYCIN collaborator.
Contributors
- Edward H. Shortliffe · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Randall Davis · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Stanton G. Axline · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Bruce G. Buchanan · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- C. Cordell Green · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Stanley N. Cohen · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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