Steven.Minton@K.CS.CMU.EDU.UUCP (02/11/87)
This week's speaker in the Grad AI Seminar is Mark Perlin. (The seminar is held weekly in 7220 Wean, at 3:15 on Fridays.) Mark is going to be describing work that he recently wrote up for a AAAI paper. Here's the title and abstract from the paper: Title: Knowledge Acquisition in Magnetic Resonance Imaging We have been observing and analyzing expert problem solving behavior in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) domain for over a year. Our methodology has included the collection and analysis of verbal transcripts and computer-assisted protocols. Our version of protocol analysis, which incorporates detailed followup interviewing, proved useful in the formulation of an effective computer procedure for the domain task. We will outline the approach, with numerous domain examples, and discuss what we learned. The key points are: -- the effectiveness of protocol analysis -- the usefulness of our expert's mental pictures -- the elucidation of domain independent heuristics.