Watson: Beyond Jeopardy!

David Ferrucci; Anthony Levas; Sugato Bagchi; David Gondek; Erik T Mueller

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Watson: Beyond Jeopardy!

August 21, 2013

Ferrucci D, Levas A, Bagchi S, et al. Artif Intell. 2012;199-200.

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This commentary describes how question answering systems can augment evidence-based decision making in clinical care.

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