SUMEX

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER RESOURCE

RR-00785

ANNUAL REPORT—YEAR 12

Submitted to

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

June 1, 1985

STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Edward H. Shortliffe, Principal Investigator
Edward A. Feigenbaum, Co-Principal Investigator
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

DIVISION OF RESEARCH RESOURCES
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
PART I., TITLE PAGE

- PHS GRANT NUMBER: 5 P41 RROO785-12

. TITLE OF GRANT: SUMEX

Stanford University Medical
Experimental Computer Resource

. NAME OF RECIPIENT INSTITUTION: Stanford University

. HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL: School of Medicine

. REPORTING PERIOD:

5a. FROM: 08-01-84
5b. TO: 07-31-85

. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

. DATE SIGNED:

6a. NAME: Edward H. Shortliffe, M.D., Ph.D.
6b. TITLE: Associate Professor of Medicine
and Computer Science

6c. SIGNATURE:

 

. TELEPHONE: 415-497-6979
5P41-RR00785-12

Table of Contents

I. Title Page
II. Description of Program Activities

IT.A. Scientific Subprojects
II.B. Books, Papers, and Abstracts
II.C. Resource Summary Table

It. Narrative Description

III.A. Summary of Research Progress
NI.A.1. Executive Summary
III.A.2, Resource Goals and Definitions
III.A.2.1. What is Artificial Intelligence?
III.A.2.2. Resource Sharing
1I1.A.2.3. Significance to Biomedicine
TM1.A.2.4. Summary of Current Goals
NILA.3. Details of Technical Progress
TII.A.3.1. Progress Highlights
N1.A.3.2. Resource Equipment Details
III.A.3.3. Core System Development
TH.A.3.4. Core AI Research
IIT.A.3.5. Training Activities
III.A.3.6. Resource Operations and Usage
IIL.A.4, Future Plans
NIB. Highlights
III.B.1. Scholarly Publications
I11.B.2. The PROTEAN Project
III.B.3. Software Export
IIl.B.4. The MENTOR Project
III.B.5. Blackboard Model Research
IIL.C. Administrative Changes
III.D. Resource Management and Allocation
MILE. Dissemination of Resource Information
III.F. Suggestions and Comments

IV. Description of Scientific Subprojects

IV.A, Stanford Projects
IV.A.1. GUIDON/NEOMYCIN Project
IV.A.2. MOLGEN Project
IV.A.3. ONCOCIN Project
IV.A.4. PROTEAN Project
IV.A.5. RADIX Project
IV.B. National AIM Projects
IV.B.1. CADUCEUS Project
IV.B.2. CLIPR - Hierarchical Models of Human Cognition

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IV.B.3. MENTOR Project 140

IV.B.4. Rutgers Research Resource 144

IV.B.5. SECS: Simulation & Evaluation of Chemical Synthesis 150

IV.B.6. SOLVER Project 157

IV.C, Pilot Stanford Projects 166
IV.C.1. CAMDA Project 167

IV.C.2. Protein Secondary Structure Project 175

IV.C.3. REFEREE Project 178

IV.C.4. Ultrasonic Imaging Project 184

IV.D. Pilot AIM Projects 190
IV.D.1. PATHFINDER Project 191

IV.D.2. RXDX Project 196
Appendix A. Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory 203
Appendix B. AIM Management Committee Membership 211
Appendix C. Scientific Subproject Abstracts 215
References 237

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List of Figures

SUMEX-AIM DEC 2060 Configuration
SUMEX-AIM DEC 2020 Configuration
SUMEX-AIM Shared DEC VAX 11/780 Configuration
SUMEX-AIM File Server Configuration
SUMEX-AIM EtherNet Configuration
Total CPU Time Consumed by Month
Monthly CPU Usage by Community
Monthly Terminal Connect Time by Community
Cumulative CPU Usage Histogram by Project and Community
TYMNET Terminal Connect Time
ARPANET Terminal Connect Time

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