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knowledge-based
systems
Dr. Zahoor Tanoli
Xahoor@gmail.com
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course is about
knowledge-based systems
expert systems
knowledge systems.
- three different terms which mean more
or less the same thing.
One
What
is a knowledge-based system?
is knowledge?
Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
includes:
may be:
specific or general
exact or fuzzy
procedural or declarative
Expert systems
What
is an expert system?
Therefore,
Artificial intelligence
What
is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is
concerned with exploring such
aspects of human (and other animal)
mental activity as:
understanding
perception
consciousness
intelligence
creativity
problem-solving
using language
It
psychology
linguistics
philosophy
Applied artificial
intelligence
What
is applied AI?
Applied AI is concerned with
producing software which is
intelligent
It is intelligent in that it is based on
what we know about human
reasoning and other mental abilities
We are therefore talking about a
branch of advanced computing computer technology - rather than
Knowledge engineering
The
designing
building
installing
Experts
An
expert is an experienced
practitioner in his/her particular field.
More than that, he/she is a highly
effective problem-solver and
decision-taker in that field.
Experts have three qualities:
As
that:
explain
and
justify
his/her decisions.
Advantages of expert
systems
Put
Common sense
Knowledge derived from other domain
Contacts with other experts.
discussion.
The following seven problem areas
may, or may not, be suitable for
building knowledge base and
developing an expert systems.
personnel
who
are
sufficiently skilled to locate faults in
these (highly complex) locomotives
They propose to build knowledge base
and ES which can perform fault location
on such a machine
Future Research
Projects
Agent-Based
Models to Support
Pandemic Planning
There
In
sentiment
and identifying trends in the data.