Exam 12: Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

________ is a technique for processing linguistic terms,which extends the notions of logic beyond simple true/false statements.

A major goal of ________ is to help experts articulate how they do what they do and to document this knowledge in a reusable form.

In ________ expert systems,knowledge in the knowledge base is represented in IF-THEN rules that combine the condition and the conclusion for handling a specific situation.

"If the stop light is red AND you have stopped,THEN a right turn is okay" is an example of:

In IF-THEN rules,the IF part indicates the condition for the rule to be activated,and the THEN part shows the action or the conclusion if all IF conditions are satisfied.

Identify the advantages of artificial intelligence over natural intelligence.

The basic rationale of artificial intelligence is to use ________ rather than mathematical calculation.

________ is a test designed to measure the intelligence of a computer.

________ are small programs that reside on computers to conduct certain tasks automatically and it runs in the background,monitors the environment,and reacts to certain trigger conditions.

________ is the recognition and understanding of spoken language by a computer.

________ are intuitive knowledge,or rules of thumb,learned from experience.

Describe the characteristics of artificial intelligence.

Which of the following technology allows computer users the ability to communicate with a computer in their native language?

One does not have to rethink completely what to do every time a similar problem is encountered,when using ________.

List and describe the generic categories of expert systems.

It is easier to duplicate and disseminate natural intelligence than artificial intelligence.

Which of the following components appear in virtually every expert system?

The explanation subsystem of an expert system cannot trace responsibility for conclusions to their sources and cannot explain the expert system behavior interactively.

The knowledge base of an expert system and the knowledge base of an organization are the same.

In the traditional Boolean logic,a person's credit score is either good or bad.In ________,the credit record may be assessed as both good and bad,but with different degrees.