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 	This program may be used and amended for non-profit making
 	purposes on condition that this header be left intact and in situ.
 
 	Copyright: Steven Salvini 1988
 
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 	ruleX:
 	Classical 'if-then' rules using Object-Attribute-Value triples
 
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rule1:
	if
			pain/duration/constant
		and
			pain/localisation/poor
	then
		patient/diagnosis/'Acute Pulpitis'
	with
		certainty(0.9).

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 	questionX:
 	One question is provided for each O/A/V triple
 
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question1:
	pain/localisation/[poor,accurate] 
	- "The localisation of the pain is... "
	- opposite.

question2:
	pain/duration/[constant,intermittent] 
	- "The duration of the pain is... "
	- opposite.

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 	top_level_goals:
 	These are the goals/diagnoses that the system tries to deduce
 
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top_level_goals:
	patient -
	diagnosis -
		[
		'Acute Pulpitis'
		].

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