BLUE BOX

BLUE BOX assists physicians in the control and care of depressed patients by diagnosing the type and degree of the depression. The system uses information of patient symptoms, family history, and knowledge about psychiatry and drugs to suggest either a drug treatment program or hospitalization. The system represents knowledge in rules and was developed at Stanford University.

Mulsant, B. and D. Servan-Schreiber, Knowledge engineering: A daily activity on a hospital ward, Computers in Biomedical Research, vol.17, pp.71-91,1984.