Abstract
One of the four large demonstrator projects being funded by the UK government is a five year project for developing decision support systems which could be used by the Department of Health and Social Security. The project is being undertaken by a group comprising companies and universities.
Although the final results are not intended to be used, as the projects are demonstrators, valuable lessons are likely to be learnt regarding development of advanced software, and there will be useful examples of systems based on artificial intelligence techniques.