In this article, an Expert System for Homeopathic Glaucoma Treatment (
SEHO) is presented, the task of which is to assist ophthalmologists in
selecting the most appropriate therapy for a patient diagnosed as hav
ing glaucoma. It is based on techniques proper to homeopathic medicine
, a trend that is gaining more and more supporters all over the world,
but in which real experts are few and far between. After a brief over
view of the state of the art, the authors describe in detail on the de
velopment of the system, for which the IDEAL methodology, designed for
knowledge-based system development, was used.