The Certainty-Factor Model
Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, Second Edition | , pp. 131-138
The certainty-factor (CF) model is a method for managing uncertainty in rule-based systems. Shortliffe and Buchanan (1975) developed the CF model in the mid-1970s for MYCIN, an expert system for the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis and infections of the blood. Since then, the CF model has become the standard approach to uncertainty management in rule-based systems.