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Outcomes of Childhood Preventive Intervention Across 2 Generations: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial
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complexity cognitive emulation human diagnostic reasoning major challenge implementation computerbased programs diagnostic advice medicine present epistemological model diagnosis ultimate goal defining highlevel language cognitive computational primitives diagnostic task proceeds three different phases hypotheses generation hypotheses testing hypotheses closure hypotheses generation inferential form abduction findings hypotheses constrained criterion plausibility hypotheses testing achieved deductive inference generated hypotheses expected findings followed eliminative induction constrained criterion covering matches expected findings patients findings select best explanation hypotheses closure deductiveinductive type inference similar inferences operating hypotheses testing case induction matches consequences generated hypotheses patients characteristics preferences criterion utility using language exploited epistemological model possible describe cognitive tasks underlying influential knowledgebased diagnostic systems