An application of frame oriented theory to decision processing and evaluation of medical diagnosis

Human beings are more subjective than objective, In this paper, paying attention to our internal emotion, especially "subjectivity", we introduce frame-oriented theory and show an application of the theory to decision processing and evaluation of medical diagnosis. Most medical diagnoses depend on the subjectivity of its specialist. Occasionally they are highly influenced by their subjectivity. Especially, a subjective diagnostic statement like "it is just like..." by the specialist is necessary in psychiatry. By means of a mathematical model we define the frame for a psychiatric diagnosis. We constructed a psychiatric diagnostic frame using a 10/spl times/6 matrix, and consider how a patient may be diagnosed by several psychiatrists who have individual subjectivities.<>