A program to generate and validate new test versions of a neuropsychological planning test

• Main Author: Puelz, Michael
• Other Authors: Ball State University. Dept. of Computer Science.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Brain damage > Patients > Rehabilitation.; Brain damage > Diagnosis > Data processing.; Prolog (Computer program language); SolvePT (Computer file)
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/184135; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834522

Computers are used for diagnostic and training in the neuropsychological rehabilitation. PLANTEST is a program for the IBM-PC that was developed for diagnostic support. It implements a test that gives information about the reduced ability of brain-injured patients to make plans regarding a certain task.The presented thesis describes a knowledge-based system that can be used to develop new test versions for PLANTEST. The program is called SolvePT and it can prove the solubility of test material used in PLANTEST. It can also automatically generate new test material. The program uses an exhaustive forward-chaining, depth-first search and is implemented in Prolog. The datastructures and algorithm of the program as well as space and time requirements are discussed. === Department of Computer Science