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TREATMENT PLANNING MODELS: AN APPLICATION *
Author(s) -
Leonard Michael S.,
Kilpatrick Kerry E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1978.tb01382.x
Subject(s) - radiation treatment planning , computer science , selection (genetic algorithm) , process (computing) , management science , model selection , operations research , artificial intelligence , medicine , engineering , surgery , operating system , radiation therapy
This paper presents a systematic approach to treatment planning using an analytical model of the underlying decision‐making activity. Patient diagnostic classifications, augmented by a history of prior treatment applications, provide the state descriptions for a Markovian decision model of the treatment‐selection process. Patient records from four university dental clinics serve as the data base for model construction and validation. This analytical model provides a means of duplicating the treatment plans of experts. Approximately 93% of the treatment planning model's treatment selections concurred with decisions made by two dental educators. Moreover, the models permit an examination of the critical considerations associated with therapy selection. This capability is discussed in terms of possible applications of the model in the practice of dentistry and in teaching.