Computing Conceptual Distances between Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: An Implementation of a Near-Peer Epistemic Model of Medical Disagreement

no code implementations • 1 Jul 2020 • Hossein Hematialam, Luciana Garbayo, Seethalakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Wlodek Zadrozny

Using natural language processing tools, we investigate the differences of recommendations in medical guidelines for the same decision problem -- breast cancer screening.

A Sheaf Model of Contradictions and Disagreements. Preliminary Report and Discussion

no code implementations • 27 Jan 2018 • Wlodek Zadrozny, Luciana Garbayo

We introduce a new formal model -- based on the mathematical construct of sheaves -- for representing contradictory information in textual sources.

Topological Data Analysis

Towards Semantic Modeling of Contradictions and Disagreements: A Case Study of Medical Guidelines

no code implementations • WS 2017 • Wlodek Zadrozny, Hossein Hematialam, Luciana Garbayo

We introduce a formal distinction between contradictions and disagreements in natural language texts, motivated by the need to formally reason about contradictory medical guidelines.

Information Retrieval Retrieval