HSI: Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support

3 Credits.

This course provides a framework for understanding decision support in the workflow of the health sciences. The focus is on the types of support needed by decision makers, and the features associated with those types of support. A variety of decision support algorithms are discussed, examining advantages and disadvantages of each, with a strong emphasis on decision analysis as the basic science of decision making.Students are expected to demonastrate facility with one algorithm in paritcular through the creation of a working prototype, and to articulate the evidence and effectiveness of various types of decision support in health sciences and practice, in general.